Changes in the Distribution of Alaska's Commercial Fisheries Entry Permits, 1975-2022
Table 2-02. Permit Transfer Activity by Permit Type, 1975-2022

  Sum of Annual Permit Counts 1975-2022  
Year First Permits Issued Fishery Total Permanent Total Transferable Cumulative Number of Transfers from Initial Issuees Ratio of Transfers from Initial Issuees to Sum of Annual Transferable Permit Counts Cumulative Number of Transfers Ratio of Transfers to Sum of Annual Transferable Permit Counts
1975 Statewide Salmon Power Troll (S15B) 45,598 45,598 947 2% 3,548 8%
1975 Southeast Salmon Purse Seine (S01A) 18,514 18,514 400 2% 1,328 7%
1975 Southeast Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03A) 22,513 22,513 461 2% 2,157 10%
1975 Yakutat Salmon Set Gillnet (S04D) 7,942 7,942 156 2% 749 9%
1975 Prince William Sound Salmon Purse Seine (S01E) 12,622 12,622 264 2% 1,222 10%
1975 Prince William Sound Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03E) 25,641 25,641 499 2% 2,120 8%
1975 Prince William Sound Salmon Set Gillnet (S04E) 1,405 1,369 29 2% 151 11%
1975 Cook Inlet Salmon Purse Seine (S01H) 3,856 3,856 84 2% 309 8%
1975 Cook Inlet Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03H) 26,913 26,913 557 2% 2,596 10%
1975 Cook Inlet Salmon Set Gillnet (S04H) 35,409 35,409 707 2% 3,280 9%
1975 Kodiak Salmon Purse Seine (S01K) 18,042 18,042 367 2% 1,481 8%
1975 Kodiak Salmon Beach Seine (S02K) 1,531 1,482 32 2% 163 11%
1975 Kodiak Salmon Set Gillnet (S04K) 8,935 8,935 180 2% 1,324 15%
1975 Chignik Salmon Purse Seine (S01L) 4,323 4,323 84 2% 237 5%
1975 AK Peninsula Salmon Purse Seine (S01M) 5,682 5,682 114 2% 420 7%
1975 AK Peninsula Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03M) 7,642 7,642 160 2% 722 9%
1975 AK Peninsula Salmon Set Gillnet (S04M) 5,332 5,332 113 2% 531 10%
1975 Bristol Bay Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03T) 86,456 86,456 1,830 2% 7,554 9%
1975 Bristol Bay Salmon Set Gillnet (S04T) 46,145 42,502 876 2% 4,441 10%
1975 Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1975 384,501 380,773 7,860 2% 34,333 9%
1976 Kuskokwim Salmon Gillnet (S04W) 36,558 36,558 730 2% 1,629 4%
1976 Lower Yukon Salmon Gillnet (S04Y) 32,148 32,148 640 2% 1,615 5%
1976 Upper Yukon Salmon Gillnet (S04P) 2,866 2,866 54 2% 124 4%
1976 Upper Yukon Salmon Fish Wheel (S08P) 5,939 5,939 130 2% 300 5%
1976 Norton Sound Salmon Gillnet (S04Z) 8,698 8,698 188 2% 554 6%
1976 Kotzebue Salmon Gillnet (S04X) 8,736 8,736 194 2% 538 6%
1976 Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1976 94,945 94,945 1,936 2% 4,760 5%
1977-1978 Southeast Herring Roe Purse Seine (G01A) 2,062 2,062 45 2% 132 6%
1977-1978 Prince William Sound Herring Roe Purse Seine (G01E) 4,694 4,694 84 2% 219 5%
1977-1978 Cook Inlet Herring Roe & Food/Bait Purse Seine (G01H) 3,361 3,361 59 2% 163 5%
1977-1978 Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1977-1978 10,117 10,117 188 2% 514 5%
1980-1987 Statewide Salmon Hand Troll (S05B) 54,268 30,692 729 2% 3,269 11%
1980-1987 Southeast Herring Roe & Fd/Bt Gillnet (G34A) 4,372 4,372 95 2% 329 8%
1980-1987 Prince William Sound Herring Roe Gillnet (G34E) 984 984 22 2% 44 4%
1980-1987 Kodiak Herring Roe Purse Seine (G01K) 2,419 1,999 47 2% 137 7%
1980-1987 Kodiak Herring Roe Gillnet (G34K) 3,255 2,916 76 3% 213 7%
1980-1987 Kodiak Herring Roe Gillnet & Purse Seine (G31K) 67 36 0 0% 0 0%
1980-1987 Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1980-1987 65,365 40,999 969 2% 3,992 10%
1988-1992 Northern Southeast Sablefish Longline (C61A) 1,750 1,750 60 3% 123 7%
1988-1992 Southern Southeast Sablefish Longline (C61C) 313 285 13 5% 32 11%
1988-1992 Southern Southeast Sablefish Pot Gear (C91C) 65 50 1 2% 1 2%
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue King Crab Pot Gear (K19A) 128 128 8 6% 20 16%
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue/Brown King Crab Pot Gear (K29A) 122 107 5 5% 8 7%
1988-1992 Southeast Brown King Crab Pot Gear (K39A) 174 116 5 4% 13 11%
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue King/Tanner Crab Pot Gear (K49A) 384 384 14 4% 32 8%
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue/Brown King/Tanner Crab Pot Gear (K69A) 742 712 24 3% 46 6%
1988-1992 Southeast Tanner Crab Pot Gear (T19A) 524 468 19 4% 54 12%
1988-1992 Prince William Sound Herring Spawn On Kelp Pound (L21E) 4,478 4,478 90 2% 162 4%
1988-1992 Bristol Bay Herring Spawn On Kelp Hand Pick (L12T) 8,353 8,353 105 1% 128 2%
1988-1992 Nelson Island Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34N) 4,203 3,939 56 1% 76 2%
1988-1992 Nunivak Island Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34U) 1,138 1,090 14 1% 18 2%
1988-1992 Cape Romanzof Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34Y) 2,040 1,970 40 2% 55 3%
1988-1992 Norton Sound Herring Roe Beach Seine (G02Z) 168 168 2 1% 2 1%
1988-1992 Norton Sound Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34Z) 8,264 8,264 193 2% 389 5%
1988-1992 Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1988-1992 32,846 32,262 649 2% 1,159 4%
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab Ring Net (D10A) 93 0 0 0% 0 0%
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab Diving Gear (D11A) 54 0 0 0% 0 0%
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 300 Pots/Or 100% Of Max (D9AA) 1,279 1,279 45 4% 140 11%
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 225 Pots/Or 75% Of Max (D9BA) 1,134 1,117 43 4% 177 16%
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 150 Pots/Or 50% Of Max (D9CA) 2,146 2,081 79 4% 344 17%
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 75 Pots/Or 25% Of Max (D9DA) 2,558 1,805 69 4% 402 22%
1997 Cook Inlet Dungeness Crab Ring Net (D10H) 6 0 0 0% 0 0%
1997 Cook Inlet Dungeness Crab Pot Gear (D91H) 1,804 1,534 21 1% 32 2%
1997 Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1997 9,074 7,816 257 3% 1,095 14%
1998 Northern Southeast Herring Spawn On Kelp Pound (L21A) 2,616 2,616 86 3% 195 7%
1998 Southern Southeast Herring Spawn On Kelp Pound (L21C) 4,397 3,691 125 3% 298 8%
1998 Southeast Shrimp Pot Gear (P91A) 6,331 3,816 133 3% 331 9%
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Net Gear Max VL Length 50' (C4CE) 25 25 0 0% 0 0%
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 90' (C5AE) 34 34 2 6% 6 18%
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 50' (C5CE) 822 822 31 4% 79 10%
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 35' (C5DE) 276 276 14 5% 36 13%
1998 Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1998 14,501 11,280 391 3% 945 8%
1999-2002 Southeast Brown King/Tanner Crab Pot Gear (K59A) 83 74 4 5% 6 8%
1999-2002 Southeast Shrimp Beam Trawl (P17A) 605 531 21 4% 44 8%
1999-2002 Southeast Sea Urchin Diving Gear (U11A) 1,495 1,493 60 4% 145 10%
1999-2002 Southeast Geoduck Clams Diving Gear (J11A) 1,755 1,065 35 3% 89 8%
1999-2002 Southeast Sea Cucumber Diving Gear (Q11A) 6,490 3,419 126 4% 352 10%
1999-2002 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 60' (C5BE) 54 54 3 6% 6 11%
1999-2002 Kodiak Herring Food/Bait Purse Seine, Fixed VL Length To 60' (H1DK) 105 105 4 4% 6 6%
1999-2002 Kodiak Herring Food/Bait Otter Trawl, Fixed VL Length To 75' (H7BK) 21 21 0 0% 0 0%
1999-2002 Kodiak Herring Food/Bait Otter Trawl, Fixed VL Length To 70' (H7CK) 21 21 0 0% 0 0%
1999-2002 Kodiak Herring Food/Bait Otter Trawl, Fixed VL Length To 60' (H7DK) 42 42 0 0% 0 0%
1999-2002 Goodnews Bay Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34W) 2,870 2,847 35 1% 42 1%
1999-2002 Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1999-2002 13,541 9,672 288 3% 690 7%
2003-2004 Southeast Shrimp Otter Trawl (P07A) 20 0 0 0% 0 0%
2003-2004 Kodiak Tanner Bairdi Crab Pot Gear VL To 120' (TB9AK) 715 634 21 3% 34 5%
2003-2004 Kodiak Tanner Bairdi Crab Pot Gear VL Under 60' (TB9BK) 2,463 2,370 84 4% 144 6%
2003-2004 Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 2003-2004 3,198 3,004 105 3% 178 6%

Totals for fisheries with permits first issued in a given year are the total number of permits at the end of each year, summed over the entire period, for those fisheries.
The number of transfers includes permit foreclosures and subsequent transfers of these permits.
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.