Changes in the Distribution of Alaska's Commercial Fisheries Entry Permits, 1975-2021
Table 4-03. Yearly Mean and Median Ages of Persons Holding Transferable Permits, Transferors, and Transfer Recipients, by Resident Type

  Transferable Permits Transferors Recipients
Year Count Mean Age Median Age Count Mean Age Median Age Count Mean Age Median Age
Alaska Rural Local                  
1975 2,892 41.9 41.0 168 49.8 50.0 193 32.0 30.0
1976 4,643 40.8 40.0 266 45.9 44.5 238 30.2 28.0
1977 4,874 40.5 40.0 419 45.0 45.0 368 31.5 28.0
1978 4,875 40.3 39.0 513 43.2 41.0 447 32.7 31.0
1979 4,851 40.5 39.0 472 42.0 40.0 382 32.0 30.0
1980 4,795 40.3 39.0 435 44.5 43.0 358 31.2 28.0
1981 4,759 40.2 39.0 439 43.7 41.0 375 30.5 29.0
1982 5,124 40.3 39.0 448 45.3 45.0 377 31.6 30.0
1983 5,073 40.1 38.0 505 45.5 44.0 432 32.2 30.0
1984 5,052 40.3 39.0 392 43.5 41.0 341 32.2 30.0
1985 5,085 40.5 39.0 380 44.0 42.0 366 33.3 32.0
1986 5,061 40.7 39.0 409 44.4 42.0 379 34.1 32.0
1987 5,071 40.8 39.0 393 44.6 42.0 395 34.1 31.0
1988 5,085 41.0 39.0 384 42.9 40.0 359 33.8 32.0
1989 5,066 41.5 40.0 350 44.3 42.0 342 34.5 32.0
1990 5,287 41.9 40.0 325 46.2 43.0 335 33.3 33.0
1991 5,318 42.2 40.0 317 45.4 42.0 318 35.2 33.0
1992 5,633 42.4 41.0 326 46.2 44.0 325 34.5 32.0
1993 5,671 42.8 41.0 324 45.8 44.5 322 35.7 34.0
1994 5,650 43.2 42.0 312 46.3 45.5 317 35.7 34.0
1995 5,609 43.5 42.0 352 47.4 46.0 353 35.5 35.0
1996 5,566 43.7 43.0 345 49.5 48.0 340 36.4 35.0
1997 5,807 44.2 43.0 319 47.3 46.0 372 37.4 37.5
1998 5,961 44.5 44.0 309 47.6 47.0 323 36.4 36.0
1999 6,015 44.9 44.0 278 49.5 51.0 318 36.8 38.0
2000 6,022 45.4 45.0 292 47.4 47.0 348 37.3 36.0
2001 6,021 45.8 46.0 318 47.5 46.0 344 38.0 37.0
2002 5,983 46.4 46.0 245 49.9 50.0 270 39.1 40.0
2003 5,925 47.1 47.0 252 49.0 49.0 299 39.7 40.0
2004 5,825 47.4 48.0 300 50.2 50.0 345 38.8 38.0
2005 5,794 47.6 48.0 337 50.1 49.0 372 37.9 37.0
2006 5,767 47.7 49.0 334 50.1 51.0 339 36.8 36.0
2007 5,778 48.0 49.0 326 50.0 51.0 349 38.2 37.0
2008 5,747 48.1 49.0 373 50.6 52.0 376 37.4 36.5
2009 5,674 48.5 50.0 292 49.8 51.0 302 38.4 35.0
2010 5,684 48.7 50.0 352 51.3 51.5 371 39.2 37.0
2011 5,649 49.0 51.0 383 51.0 52.0 366 40.4 40.0
2012 5,610 49.2 51.0 344 51.0 53.0 351 38.9 37.0
2013 5,616 49.4 51.0 345 51.1 53.0 353 38.3 35.0
2014 5,602 49.5 51.0 350 50.8 53.0 357 38.1 36.0
2015 5,539 50.0 52.0 249 48.3 50.0 269 38.8 37.0
2016 5,475 50.4 53.0 277 52.6 55.0 279 40.9 39.0
2017 5,494 50.7 53.0 273 53.5 56.0 296 40.5 38.0
2018 5,519 51.1 53.0 255 51.4 55.0 289 40.0 38.0
2019 5,473 51.5 54.0 255 51.8 55.0 265 38.8 35.0
2020 5,439 52.0 54.0 215 53.3 55.0 225 42.4 39.0
2021 5,405 52.5 55.0 237 53.9 57.0 246 42.8 39.5
                   
Alaska Rural Nonlocal                  
1975 242 41.8 42.0 11 45.5 49.0 15 32.3 33.0
1976 328 41.6 41.5 24 43.5 39.0 26 31.3 31.0
1977 366 41.5 41.0 50 43.5 44.0 42 33.4 33.0
1978 366 40.9 40.0 71 42.1 40.0 72 32.5 31.5
1979 381 41.0 41.0 62 37.4 34.5 71 33.3 31.0
1980 386 40.7 40.0 50 40.6 39.0 59 32.2 31.0
1981 395 40.1 39.0 49 43.0 42.0 45 31.4 28.0
1982 421 39.3 38.0 62 44.7 44.0 73 32.2 31.0
1983 451 39.3 39.0 53 41.2 39.0 73 33.5 33.0
1984 470 39.2 38.0 58 41.5 39.0 62 33.5 32.0
1985 511 39.0 37.0 59 40.4 37.0 83 34.5 33.0
1986 547 39.3 37.0 61 38.9 39.0 82 34.1 33.0
1987 572 39.4 37.0 68 40.6 36.5 94 35.5 33.0
1988 611 39.5 37.0 69 41.4 37.0 90 34.8 34.5
1989 637 39.9 38.0 49 41.4 39.0 75 33.4 34.0
1990 690 40.3 38.0 59 39.8 39.0 69 35.7 36.0
1991 716 41.0 39.0 71 43.2 40.0 88 38.4 39.0
1992 708 41.5 40.0 72 41.5 40.0 68 36.2 38.0
1993 714 42.2 41.0 57 43.2 43.0 64 37.1 37.0
1994 730 42.6 42.0 63 43.4 42.0 70 36.1 36.0
1995 750 42.7 42.0 74 44.8 43.0 96 37.2 38.0
1996 778 43.2 43.0 79 42.2 41.0 87 37.4 38.0
1997 770 43.9 44.0 62 43.6 42.0 59 36.2 37.0
1998 780 44.3 44.0 49 45.1 46.0 59 36.8 37.0
1999 825 44.9 45.0 52 42.6 41.0 50 33.5 33.5
2000 832 45.1 45.0 63 47.8 48.0 61 35.9 36.0
2001 891 45.5 46.0 38 44.1 43.0 54 37.8 36.5
2002 879 46.2 46.0 48 43.6 42.0 41 35.5 32.0
2003 863 46.5 47.0 54 50.1 49.5 43 37.1 37.0
2004 836 46.6 47.0 51 49.0 49.0 45 34.4 35.0
2005 850 46.6 48.0 61 48.6 47.0 71 36.3 40.0
2006 878 46.6 48.0 53 48.4 49.0 70 35.6 34.5
2007 873 46.6 49.0 57 47.1 47.0 71 35.8 32.0
2008 903 46.5 49.0 69 47.0 51.0 91 38.2 40.0
2009 932 47.2 49.0 69 42.5 47.0 85 38.7 37.0
2010 959 47.4 50.0 74 46.4 48.0 96 37.2 33.0
2011 954 47.6 50.0 84 47.0 51.0 79 38.9 36.0
2012 940 47.9 51.0 68 47.5 48.5 80 39.3 41.5
2013 950 48.0 51.0 86 46.0 46.5 92 36.7 35.0
2014 966 48.0 51.0 87 45.3 46.0 91 33.4 29.0
2015 963 48.1 52.0 47 47.4 51.0 55 35.7 26.0
2016 949 48.6 52.0 58 47.4 48.5 53 38.0 35.0
2017 942 48.8 52.0 68 49.4 54.0 78 38.1 34.5
2018 954 48.7 51.0 63 51.5 58.0 86 37.6 35.0
2019 967 49.2 51.0 57 43.9 42.0 85 38.9 36.0
2020 958 49.3 51.0 59 49.9 51.0 51 36.2 31.0
2021 984 49.5 51.0 55 45.3 41.0 82 37.4 32.5
                   
Alaska Urban Local                  
1975 1,267 41.7 43.0 134 49.5 50.0 157 31.7 29.0
1976 1,666 41.0 41.0 146 40.3 40.0 179 32.8 31.0
1977 1,821 40.6 40.0 239 40.9 38.0 278 34.5 33.0
1978 1,879 40.7 40.0 271 41.5 41.0 302 35.6 35.0
1979 1,914 40.8 40.0 243 40.1 40.0 260 32.9 30.5
1980 1,933 40.6 39.0 208 42.5 40.0 234 32.3 30.0
1981 1,964 41.0 40.0 223 40.4 39.0 238 35.6 35.0
1982 2,272 41.7 40.0 231 41.6 40.0 222 34.2 33.0
1983 2,269 42.0 41.0 264 42.3 42.0 261 36.2 34.0
1984 2,258 42.1 41.0 232 45.0 43.0 212 35.6 34.0
1985 2,290 42.5 41.0 250 41.1 38.0 219 35.8 33.0
1986 2,267 42.3 41.0 292 43.3 41.0 283 34.5 34.0
1987 2,243 42.8 41.0 232 42.2 41.0 212 35.9 34.0
1988 2,229 42.9 41.0 229 45.4 44.0 223 35.1 34.0
1989 2,218 43.4 42.0 188 43.1 42.0 175 37.0 35.0
1990 2,208 43.6 42.0 234 43.3 41.0 201 35.6 35.0
1991 2,198 44.0 42.5 185 43.9 42.0 176 36.3 36.0
1992 2,180 44.8 43.0 175 42.0 40.0 179 38.5 38.0
1993 2,168 45.4 44.0 164 45.1 43.0 151 37.8 38.0
1994 2,149 45.8 45.0 159 45.5 44.0 148 38.4 37.5
1995 2,129 45.9 45.0 172 48.9 48.0 169 37.9 38.0
1996 2,117 46.6 46.0 117 45.1 43.0 115 40.6 40.0
1997 2,162 46.8 46.0 168 47.6 45.0 172 39.2 38.0
1998 2,264 47.2 47.0 144 49.0 49.0 151 40.3 41.0
1999 2,291 47.6 47.0 131 49.2 49.0 133 39.3 39.0
2000 2,312 47.9 48.0 157 47.0 49.0 174 38.9 37.0
2001 2,410 48.2 48.0 153 49.5 50.0 173 43.0 43.0
2002 2,435 48.8 49.0 117 49.1 48.0 119 42.3 44.0
2003 2,423 49.1 49.0 149 51.7 52.0 155 41.8 42.0
2004 2,431 49.4 50.0 177 50.9 51.0 169 41.6 41.0
2005 2,498 49.5 50.0 183 51.0 51.0 168 40.2 39.5
2006 2,515 49.7 50.0 171 50.2 50.0 188 39.8 40.0
2007 2,482 50.1 51.0 164 52.9 52.0 162 42.0 41.0
2008 2,496 50.2 51.0 170 52.9 53.0 185 40.2 41.0
2009 2,504 50.5 52.0 170 48.3 48.0 170 39.5 38.0
2010 2,524 50.6 52.0 187 52.3 54.0 220 41.4 41.0
2011 2,548 50.6 52.0 250 51.4 54.0 289 42.3 43.0
2012 2,560 50.7 52.0 183 52.3 53.0 205 42.1 41.0
2013 2,552 50.8 53.0 184 50.8 53.0 188 40.3 39.5
2014 2,574 51.0 53.0 203 51.0 52.0 232 43.4 43.0
2015 2,596 51.3 54.0 146 49.8 52.0 161 42.8 44.0
2016 2,625 52.0 54.0 139 52.0 55.0 156 44.6 45.0
2017 2,620 52.5 55.0 169 49.3 50.0 179 43.2 42.0
2018 2,611 52.9 55.0 162 52.5 54.0 152 44.8 46.5
2019 2,595 53.4 56.0 155 52.6 56.0 152 43.8 42.0
2020 2,620 53.6 56.0 142 54.2 57.5 166 42.6 40.0
2021 2,620 53.8 56.0 172 53.4 55.0 195 42.8 41.0
                   
Alaska Urban Nonlocal                  
1975 419 37.7 38.0 18 42.8 43.5 23 36.4 35.0
1976 481 38.3 38.0 43 38.5 38.0 40 31.9 34.0
1977 531 38.6 38.0 89 41.1 38.0 91 35.4 33.0
1978 534 38.2 37.0 105 39.9 38.0 129 34.5 33.0
1979 582 38.3 37.0 113 39.0 36.0 142 35.8 34.5
1980 621 38.1 37.0 107 39.3 37.0 134 33.8 33.0
1981 665 38.6 37.0 102 38.2 36.0 146 34.8 34.0
1982 745 38.5 38.0 115 38.5 37.0 132 34.2 33.0
1983 811 38.5 37.0 92 38.9 35.5 145 35.1 34.0
1984 820 39.0 38.0 112 38.8 37.5 112 34.4 34.0
1985 835 39.6 38.0 124 39.5 38.0 122 36.0 35.0
1986 873 40.2 39.0 92 39.2 37.0 132 36.2 36.0
1987 857 40.8 39.0 126 39.8 38.0 126 36.3 36.0
1988 870 40.6 39.0 139 43.3 42.0 136 35.6 35.0
1989 878 40.9 40.0 96 41.6 39.0 99 36.1 37.0
1990 943 41.2 40.0 100 37.7 39.0 103 37.1 36.0
1991 955 42.1 41.0 90 43.0 43.0 80 39.8 39.0
1992 978 42.3 41.0 105 45.4 43.0 87 38.3 36.0
1993 982 42.8 42.0 67 43.4 43.0 73 36.9 35.0
1994 989 43.5 43.0 86 41.9 40.5 74 40.0 40.5
1995 997 43.6 43.0 123 44.6 43.0 101 38.5 38.0
1996 967 44.3 44.0 121 43.6 44.0 92 38.3 38.0
1997 972 44.5 44.0 79 44.9 45.0 81 37.3 36.0
1998 1,030 45.2 45.0 69 46.9 48.0 63 39.3 40.0
1999 1,058 45.6 46.0 75 41.9 43.0 70 39.5 42.0
2000 1,091 45.9 46.0 97 47.2 49.0 83 38.0 37.0
2001 1,143 46.5 47.0 90 43.7 43.0 92 40.8 42.5
2002 1,130 47.2 48.0 64 42.7 43.0 55 40.0 44.0
2003 1,151 47.5 48.0 101 47.6 49.0 94 42.1 42.5
2004 1,160 48.0 49.0 87 44.3 46.0 92 39.6 41.0
2005 1,202 47.8 49.0 121 48.8 48.0 121 38.8 40.0
2006 1,178 48.6 50.0 112 45.1 46.0 94 40.5 41.5
2007 1,190 48.6 50.0 105 48.5 50.0 89 38.9 38.0
2008 1,171 48.9 51.0 100 49.5 50.0 91 42.2 43.0
2009 1,165 49.3 51.0 98 49.2 51.0 76 39.9 43.5
2010 1,165 49.2 52.0 147 47.1 48.0 129 39.6 40.0
2011 1,160 49.2 52.0 136 50.3 53.5 121 39.6 39.0
2012 1,135 49.8 53.0 95 46.9 49.0 79 40.8 42.0
2013 1,143 49.5 52.0 120 50.6 54.0 126 38.7 36.0
2014 1,146 49.5 52.0 121 47.6 51.0 117 39.3 35.0
2015 1,114 50.2 53.0 88 47.4 47.5 73 39.8 38.0
2016 1,119 50.3 53.0 76 47.8 50.0 76 37.1 35.0
2017 1,143 50.4 53.0 93 48.8 49.0 94 39.1 37.0
2018 1,124 51.0 54.0 85 50.2 54.0 73 41.2 38.0
2019 1,128 51.0 54.0 87 50.4 54.0 86 39.5 36.0
2020 1,144 51.4 54.0 71 53.3 59.0 76 41.0 40.0
2021 1,143 51.0 53.0 103 54.1 59.0 84 37.9 34.0
                   
Alaska Data Missing                  
1975 3 34.3 38.0            
1976 7 43.0 39.0 1 39.0 39.0 1 39.0 39.0
1977 7 45.0 41.0 2 44.5 44.5      
1978 84 40.8 39.0 18 45.6 45.0 15 40.3 38.0
1979 75 37.9 35.0 15 38.9 36.0 5 26.8 26.0
1980 54 40.7 38.0 6 47.8 50.5 4 33.5 34.0
1981 46 41.5 38.5 9 57.0 55.0 3 29.3 30.0
1982 37 37.2 36.0 6 45.7 39.5 4 32.0 33.0
1983 25 37.4 35.0 1 67.0 67.0 1 22.0 22.0
1984 20 37.9 37.0 7 31.1 29.0 2 33.5 33.5
1985 29 41.9 42.0 6 47.5 49.5 4 45.8 49.0
1986 25 40.1 36.0 8 47.1 47.5 4 45.8 46.5
1987 33 37.4 35.0 6 41.7 39.5 5 26.4 26.0
1988 35 39.7 38.0 7 36.7 32.0 5 36.8 45.0
1989 41 37.3 34.0 11 44.1 38.0 4 30.0 30.0
1990 34 41.9 39.0 9 36.7 35.0 4 35.5 32.5
1991 25 40.4 39.0 3 35.7 38.0 1 32.0 32.0
1992 30 45.1 44.5 5 40.8 42.0 6 44.7 46.5
1993 33 40.0 38.0 7 38.3 39.0 4 32.0 35.5
1994 28 39.5 37.0 6 49.2 46.0 3 45.3 53.0
1995 44 41.5 37.0 6 45.7 49.5 6 38.2 36.0
1996 65 40.1 38.0 14 45.8 49.0 15 36.4 36.0
1997 50 44.0 41.0 23 42.8 40.0 7 43.9 36.0
1998 58 47.5 47.0 13 45.4 45.0 4 38.5 38.5
1999 60 47.2 48.0 7 45.1 51.0 10 44.3 43.0
2000 60 46.6 47.5 19 51.4 49.0 5 39.2 40.0
2001 77 46.6 48.0 19 45.6 44.0 6 43.0 45.0
2002 79 47.2 48.0 9 50.2 51.0 9 47.6 52.0
2003 72 46.1 49.0 20 52.0 54.0 7 52.3 50.0
2004 71 48.9 51.0 18 50.8 49.5 11 49.2 52.0
2005 80 50.4 50.0 27 52.3 53.0 17 45.4 45.0
2006 93 49.0 50.0 27 48.2 52.0 10 34.4 30.0
2007 81 51.5 52.0 26 46.9 45.0 16 44.1 47.5
2008 97 50.8 51.0 22 49.8 42.5 13 45.9 40.0
2009 121 51.7 53.0 21 53.5 52.0 10 36.4 28.5
2010 105 49.7 52.0 15 53.5 51.0 12 41.9 45.0
2011 99 49.5 51.0 24 50.7 53.0 11 35.8 33.0
2012 120 51.7 52.0 16 46.9 47.0 11 43.6 45.0
2013 113 53.1 54.0 21 44.2 37.0 12 40.2 36.5
2014 106 53.5 55.0 21 56.5 51.0 9 41.8 37.0
2015 103 54.0 54.0 21 52.4 55.0 2 47.0 47.0
2016 96 54.4 57.0 13 50.6 46.0 5 30.8 26.0
2017 83 54.2 58.0 17 47.5 51.0 7 42.7 39.0
2018 83 55.0 58.0 15 50.6 44.0 9 42.9 33.0
2019 70 52.4 55.0 8 58.0 58.0 4 41.3 33.5
2020 67 54.1 58.0 11 50.9 48.0 5 41.8 38.0
2021 65 54.6 59.0 8 60.6 62.5 4 43.8 44.5
                   
Nonresident                  
1975 1,939 45.9 47.0 259 55.7 61.0 202 35.0 32.0
1976 2,035 44.7 46.0 296 49.9 52.0 292 34.2 32.0
1977 2,111 43.8 45.0 309 46.8 47.0 329 35.5 33.0
1978 2,157 43.3 43.0 336 44.0 43.0 349 36.1 33.0
1979 2,213 43.6 43.0 304 42.5 39.5 349 37.4 35.0
1980 2,251 43.3 43.0 254 46.3 45.0 271 35.2 33.0
1981 2,283 43.1 43.0 270 45.6 44.0 285 35.8 34.0
1982 2,328 43.0 42.0 269 46.7 46.0 323 36.1 34.0
1983 2,323 42.9 42.0 276 45.3 44.5 279 35.6 34.0
1984 2,380 43.1 42.0 236 43.8 41.0 308 36.9 35.0
1985 2,413 43.5 43.0 273 44.3 42.0 298 38.3 37.0
1986 2,444 43.5 43.0 300 44.9 44.0 282 36.4 35.0
1987 2,470 43.7 43.0 267 44.1 42.0 260 37.9 37.0
1988 2,575 43.7 43.0 268 43.7 42.0 283 37.4 36.0
1989 2,653 44.0 43.0 212 44.7 44.0 211 37.4 37.0
1990 2,746 44.3 43.0 220 45.6 42.0 235 38.2 36.0
1991 2,787 44.5 44.0 251 46.6 45.0 254 38.9 38.0
1992 2,830 44.9 44.0 257 43.9 41.0 275 38.3 38.0
1993 2,857 45.4 45.0 220 45.5 45.0 225 39.9 39.0
1994 2,906 45.7 45.0 264 46.3 44.0 278 39.7 40.0
1995 2,927 46.0 45.0 266 46.2 44.0 268 38.5 37.0
1996 2,993 46.5 46.0 260 46.6 46.0 287 40.5 41.0
1997 3,026 46.9 46.0 301 47.9 46.0 261 41.3 41.0
1998 3,062 47.3 47.0 267 48.0 47.0 251 41.3 42.0
1999 3,056 47.8 47.0 247 48.2 48.0 209 40.9 42.0
2000 3,067 47.9 48.0 300 47.9 48.0 257 38.5 39.0
2001 3,141 48.1 48.0 309 48.5 48.0 258 42.7 44.0
2002 3,170 48.8 49.0 249 47.9 48.0 238 43.7 44.0
2003 3,151 49.2 49.0 313 48.6 48.0 291 42.3 44.0
2004 3,162 49.3 50.0 306 50.1 51.0 277 40.2 41.0
2005 3,163 49.2 50.0 365 50.8 52.0 345 40.8 42.0
2006 3,159 49.5 51.0 294 49.5 51.0 290 40.3 42.0
2007 3,185 49.5 51.0 356 48.9 51.0 347 39.9 41.0
2008 3,146 49.6 51.0 336 49.8 52.0 314 40.5 42.0
2009 3,170 49.8 52.0 307 48.2 50.0 314 40.0 40.0
2010 3,149 49.9 52.0 380 50.5 53.0 328 41.1 41.0
2011 3,158 49.9 52.0 344 49.2 52.0 355 40.6 40.0
2012 3,103 50.1 53.0 312 49.0 51.0 292 41.1 38.0
2013 3,083 49.9 53.0 351 50.4 52.0 336 38.2 34.0
2014 3,066 50.2 53.5 303 48.7 51.0 279 39.5 35.0
2015 3,085 50.5 54.0 237 49.5 53.0 228 40.1 35.5
2016 3,105 50.9 54.0 293 45.0 46.0 287 39.6 35.0
2017 3,089 51.4 55.0 338 46.3 46.5 304 40.8 38.0
2018 3,072 51.5 55.0 310 50.0 52.5 281 40.2 34.0
2019 3,050 51.5 55.0 312 49.8 51.0 282 39.8 37.0
2020 3,049 51.9 55.0 269 48.5 49.0 244 40.5 37.0
2021 3,044 52.1 55.0 301 49.7 49.0 266 41.6 37.0

Transferable permits exclude foreclosed permits.
Transferor count represents numbers of transfers from a resident type.
Transfer recipient count represents numbers of transfers to a resident type.
Mean ages may be based on fewer observations than the number of permits due to missing birthdate data.