Changes in the Distribution of Alaska's Commercial Fisheries Entry Permits, 1975-2021
Table 3-04. Numbers of Intra-Cohort and Cross-Cohort Permit Transfers By Permit Type, 1975-2021

  Intra Cohort Cross Cohort  
Year Permits First Issued Fishery Count Percentage Count Percentage Total Transfers
1975 Statewide Salmon Power Troll (S15B) 1,836 52.6% 1,653 47.4% 3,489
1975 Southeast Salmon Purse Seine (S01A) 834 63.8% 473 36.2% 1,307
1975 Southeast Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03A) 1,246 58.5% 885 41.5% 2,131
1975 Yakutat Salmon Set Gillnet (S04D) 458 62.4% 276 37.6% 734
1975 Prince William Sound Salmon Purse Seine (S01E) 659 56.0% 518 44.0% 1,177
1975 Prince William Sound Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03E) 1,051 50.5% 1,030 49.5% 2,081
1975 Prince William Sound Salmon Set Gillnet (S04E) 95 64.2% 53 35.8% 148
1975 Cook Inlet Salmon Purse Seine (S01H) 219 71.3% 88 28.7% 307
1975 Cook Inlet Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03H) 1,592 62.6% 950 37.4% 2,542
1975 Cook Inlet Salmon Set Gillnet (S04H) 1,976 60.9% 1,270 39.1% 3,246
1975 Kodiak Salmon Purse Seine (S01K) 739 50.7% 720 49.3% 1,459
1975 Kodiak Salmon Beach Seine (S02K) 91 56.5% 70 43.5% 161
1975 Kodiak Salmon Set Gillnet (S04K) 722 56.2% 562 43.8% 1,284
1975 Chignik Salmon Purse Seine (S01L) 123 52.3% 112 47.7% 235
1975 AK Peninsula Salmon Purse Seine (S01M) 244 59.4% 167 40.6% 411
1975 AK Peninsula Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03M) 415 58.7% 292 41.3% 707
1975 AK Peninsula Salmon Set Gillnet (S04M) 328 62.5% 197 37.5% 525
1975 Bristol Bay Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03T) 4,882 66.0% 2,510 34.0% 7,392
1975 Bristol Bay Salmon Set Gillnet (S04T) 2,717 62.4% 1,639 37.6% 4,356
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1975 20,227 59.3% 13,465 40.7% 33,692
             
1976 Kuskokwim Salmon Gillnet (S04W) 1,295 79.8% 328 20.2% 1,623
1976 Lower Yukon Salmon Gillnet (S04Y) 1,241 77.3% 365 22.7% 1,606
1976 Upper Yukon Salmon Gillnet (S04P) 71 57.7% 52 42.3% 123
1976 Upper Yukon Salmon Fish Wheel (S08P) 204 68.2% 95 31.8% 299
1976 Norton Sound Salmon Gillnet (S04Z) 415 75.5% 135 24.5% 550
1976 Kotzebue Salmon Gillnet (S04X) 389 73.7% 139 26.3% 528
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1976 3,615 72.0% 1,114 28.0% 4,729
             
1977-1978 Southeast Herring Roe Purse Seine (G01A) 55 44.0% 70 56.0% 125
1977-1978 Prince William Sound Herring Roe Purse Seine (G01E) 116 53.2% 102 46.8% 218
1977-1978 Cook Inlet Herring Roe & Food/Bait Purse Seine (G01H) 92 56.8% 70 43.2% 162
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1977-1978 263 51.3% 242 48.7% 505
             
1980-1987 Statewide Salmon Hand Troll (S05B) 1,842 57.1% 1,382 42.9% 3,224
1980-1987 Southeast Herring Roe & Fd/Bt Gillnet (G34A) 187 56.8% 142 43.2% 329
1980-1987 Prince William Sound Herring Roe Gillnet (G34E) 26 59.1% 18 40.9% 44
1980-1987 Kodiak Herring Roe Purse Seine (G01K) 51 37.5% 85 62.5% 136
1980-1987 Kodiak Herring Roe Gillnet (G34K) 113 53.1% 100 46.9% 213
1980-1987 Kodiak Herring Roe Gillnet & Purse Seine (G31K) 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1980-1987 2,219 52.7% 1,727 47.3% 3,946
             
1988-1992 Northern Southeast Sablefish Longline (C61A) 59 50.9% 57 49.1% 116
1988-1992 Southern Southeast Sablefish Longline (C61C) 15 50.0% 15 50.0% 30
1988-1992 Southern Southeast Sablefish Pot Gear (C91C) 0 0.0% 1 100.0% 1
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue King Crab Pot Gear (K19A) 12 66.7% 6 33.3% 18
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue/Brown King Crab Pot Gear (K29A) 5 83.3% 1 16.7% 6
1988-1992 Southeast Brown King Crab Pot Gear (K39A) 7 53.8% 6 46.2% 13
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue King/Tanner Crab Pot Gear (K49A) 20 62.5% 12 37.5% 32
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue/Brown King/Tanner Crab Pot Gear (K69A) 29 72.5% 11 27.5% 40
1988-1992 Southeast Tanner Crab Pot Gear (T19A) 20 41.7% 28 58.3% 48
1988-1992 Prince William Sound Herring Spawn On Kelp Pound (L21E) 62 38.5% 99 61.5% 161
1988-1992 Bristol Bay Herring Spawn On Kelp Hand Pick (L12T) 103 81.1% 24 18.9% 127
1988-1992 Nelson Island Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34N) 57 75.0% 19 25.0% 76
1988-1992 Nunivak Island Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34U) 14 77.8% 4 22.2% 18
1988-1992 Cape Romanzof Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34Y) 53 96.4% 2 3.6% 55
1988-1992 Norton Sound Herring Roe Beach Seine (G02Z) 0 0.0% 2 100.0% 2
1988-1992 Norton Sound Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34Z) 219 56.4% 169 43.6% 388
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1988-1992 675 56.7% 456 43.3% 1,131
             
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab Ring Net (D10A) 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab Diving Gear (D11A) 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 300 Pots/Or 100% Of Max (D9AA) 80 58.8% 56 41.2% 136
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 225 Pots/Or 75% Of Max (D9BA) 93 54.4% 78 45.6% 171
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 150 Pots/Or 50% Of Max (D9CA) 197 59.5% 134 40.5% 331
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 75 Pots/Or 25% Of Max (D9DA) 207 54.2% 175 45.8% 382
1997 Cook Inlet Dungeness Crab Ring Net (D10H) 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0
1997 Cook Inlet Dungeness Crab Pot Gear (D91H) 19 67.9% 9 32.1% 28
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1997 596 59.0% 452 41.0% 1,048
             
1998 Northern Southeast Herring Spawn On Kelp Pound (L21A) 91 46.7% 104 53.3% 195
1998 Southern Southeast Herring Spawn On Kelp Pound (L21C) 157 55.3% 127 44.7% 284
1998 Southeast Shrimp Pot Gear (P91A) 145 44.9% 178 55.1% 323
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Net Gear Max VL Length 50' (C4CE) 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 90' (C5AE) 4 80.0% 1 20.0% 5
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 50' (C5CE) 33 44.6% 41 55.4% 74
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 35' (C5DE) 11 35.5% 20 64.5% 31
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1998 441 51.2% 471 48.8% 912
             
1999-2002 Southeast Brown King/Tanner Crab Pot Gear (K59A) 3 60.0% 2 40.0% 5
1999-2002 Southeast Shrimp Beam Trawl (P17A) 22 51.2% 21 48.8% 43
1999-2002 Southeast Sea Urchin Diving Gear (U11A) 70 49.0% 73 51.0% 143
1999-2002 Southeast Geoduck Clams Diving Gear (J11A) 47 54.7% 39 45.3% 86
1999-2002 Southeast Sea Cucumber Diving Gear (Q11A) 143 42.6% 193 57.4% 336
1999-2002 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 60' (C5BE) 2 33.3% 4 66.7% 6
1999-2002 Kodiak Herring Food/Bait Purse Seine, Fixed VL Length To 60' (H1DK) 5 83.3% 1 16.7% 6
1999-2002 Kodiak Herring Food/Bait Otter Trawl, Fixed VL Length To 75' (H7BK) 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0
1999-2002 Kodiak Herring Food/Bait Otter Trawl, Fixed VL Length To 70' (H7CK) 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0
1999-2002 Kodiak Herring Food/Bait Otter Trawl, Fixed VL Length To 60' (H7DK) 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0
1999-2002 Goodnews Bay Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34W) 34 82.9% 7 17.1% 41
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1999-2002 326 57.1% 340 42.9% 666
             
2003-2004 Southeast Shrimp Otter Trawl (P07A) 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0
2003-2004 Kodiak Tanner Bairdi Crab Pot Gear VL To 120' (TB9AK) 11 47.8% 12 52.2% 23
2003-2004 Kodiak Tanner Bairdi Crab Pot Gear VL Under 60' (TB9BK) 62 50.8% 60 49.2% 122
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 2003-2004 73 49.3% 72 50.7% 145
             
  Statewide Totals 28,435 57.7% 18,339 42.3% 46,774

The number of transfers includes 355 permit foreclosures and 350 subsequent transfers of these permits. In this table these are counted as cross-cohort transfers.
Note that fisheries D10A, D10H, D11A, and P07A have no transferable permits. Fisheries C4CE, G31K, H7BK, H7CK, and H7CK have transferable permits but no known permanent transfers.