Changes in the Distribution of Alaska's Commercial Fisheries Entry Permits, 1975-2023
Table 3-05. Net Shifts in Resident Types Due to Permit Transfer Activity by Permit Type, 1975-2023

Year Permits First Issued Fishery Alaska Rural Local Alaska Rural Nonlocal Alaska Urban Local Alaska Urban Nonlocal Alaska Data Missing Nonresident DCCED/CFAB
1975 Statewide Salmon Power Troll (S15B) 143 0 90 -7 -70 -156 0
1975 Southeast Salmon Purse Seine (S01A) -24 1 21 14 0 -12 0
1975 Southeast Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03A) 43 15 38 -8 -14 -74 0
1975 Yakutat Salmon Set Gillnet (S04D) 10 9 0 -18 -5 4 0
1975 Prince William Sound Salmon Purse Seine (S01E) -49 62 0 19 -9 -23 0
1975 Prince William Sound Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03E) -49 125 0 23 -11 -88 0
1975 Prince William Sound Salmon Set Gillnet (S04E) -15 2 0 11 0 2 0
1975 Cook Inlet Salmon Purse Seine (S01H) 0 2 2 0 -1 -3 0
1975 Cook Inlet Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03H) 90 4 -13 -1 -14 -66 0
1975 Cook Inlet Salmon Set Gillnet (S04H) 33 -8 -34 -8 -20 37 0
1975 Kodiak Salmon Purse Seine (S01K) -17 30 90 8 -12 -99 0
1975 Kodiak Salmon Beach Seine (S02K) 2 2 -6 -4 0 6 0
1975 Kodiak Salmon Set Gillnet (S04K) -9 3 45 -4 -14 -21 0
1975 Chignik Salmon Purse Seine (S01L) 2 8 0 1 2 -14 1
1975 AK Peninsula Salmon Purse Seine (S01M) -34 5 0 12 -7 24 0
1975 AK Peninsula Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03M) -60 56 0 -1 -1 6 0
1975 AK Peninsula Salmon Set Gillnet (S04M) 14 3 0 -16 1 -2 0
1975 Bristol Bay Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03T) -327 146 0 55 13 113 0
1975 Bristol Bay Salmon Set Gillnet (S04T) -144 3 0 44 -25 122 0
  Net Shifts 1975 to 2023 -391 468 233 120 -187 -244 1
                 
1976 Kuskokwim Salmon Gillnet (S04W) 47 -14 -10 -20 -4 1 0
1976 Lower Yukon Salmon Gillnet (S04Y) 77 -41 0 -25 -9 -2 0
1976 Upper Yukon Salmon Gillnet (S04P) -3 0 5 1 -2 0 0
1976 Upper Yukon Salmon Fish Wheel (S08P) 0 -4 9 -3 -1 -1 0
1976 Norton Sound Salmon Gillnet (S04Z) 26 -7 0 -18 -1 1 0
1976 Kotzebue Salmon Gillnet (S04X) 28 -3 0 -18 -4 -3 0
  Net Shifts 1976 to 2023 175 -69 4 -83 -21 -4 0
                 
1977-1978 Southeast Herring Roe Purse Seine (G01A) -9 11 -4 6 0 -4 0
1977-1978 Prince William Sound Herring Roe Purse Seine (G01E) 8 -4 0 5 -2 -7 0
1977-1978 Cook Inlet Herring Roe & Food/Bait Purse Seine (G01H) -7 -1 -1 10 1 -2 0
  Net Shifts 1977 to 2023 -8 6 -5 21 -1 -13 0
                 
1980-1987 Statewide Salmon Hand Troll (S05B) 37 -2 -26 -19 -34 44 0
1980-1987 Southeast Herring Roe & Fd/Bt Gillnet (G34A) 18 0 -8 0 -4 -6 0
1980-1987 Prince William Sound Herring Roe Gillnet (G34E) 3 0 0 3 -2 -4 0
1980-1987 Kodiak Herring Roe Purse Seine (G01K) 3 11 -5 2 -2 -9 0
1980-1987 Kodiak Herring Roe Gillnet (G34K) 5 -6 5 -4 -2 0 2
1980-1987 Kodiak Herring Roe Gillnet & Purse Seine (G31K) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Net Shifts 1980 to 2023 66 3 -34 -18 -44 25 2
                 
1988-1992 Northern Southeast Sablefish Longline (C61A) 14 2 1 -1 -2 -14 0
1988-1992 Southern Southeast Sablefish Longline (C61C) 6 1 -1 0 0 -6 0
1988-1992 Southern Southeast Sablefish Pot Gear (C91C) 1 0 -1 0 0 0 0
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue King Crab Pot Gear (K19A) 1 0 1 0 0 -2 0
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue/Brown King Crab Pot Gear (K29A) 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0
1988-1992 Southeast Brown King Crab Pot Gear (K39A) 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue King/Tanner Crab Pot Gear (K49A) 4 0 0 -1 0 -3 0
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue/Brown King/Tanner Crab Pot Gear (K69A) 2 1 1 0 -1 -3 0
1988-1992 Southeast Tanner Crab Pot Gear (T19A) -2 -1 10 -1 0 -6 0
1988-1992 Prince William Sound Herring Spawn On Kelp Pound (L21E) -2 18 0 -1 -6 -9 0
1988-1992 Bristol Bay Herring Spawn On Kelp Hand Pick (L12T) 3 -1 0 -1 -2 1 0
1988-1992 Nelson Island Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34N) 13 -6 0 -5 0 -2 0
1988-1992 Nunivak Island Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34U) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988-1992 Cape Romanzof Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34Y) 2 -1 0 -1 0 0 0
1988-1992 Norton Sound Herring Roe Beach Seine (G02Z) 0 0 0 1 -1 0 0
1988-1992 Norton Sound Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34Z) -17 26 0 -15 -4 10 0
  Net Shifts 1988 to 2023 26 39 12 -25 -16 -36 0
                 
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) -1 0 12 0 -1 -10 0
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 225 Pots/Or 75% Of Max (D9BA) 9 0 -1 -2 -1 -5 0
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 150 Pots/Or 50% Of Max (D9CA) 5 0 -5 -4 -4 8 0
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 75 Pots/Or 25% Of Max (D9DA) -6 0 3 0 -10 13 0
1997 Cook Inlet Dungeness Crab Ring Net (D10H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 Cook Inlet Dungeness Crab Pot Gear (D91H) 1 -1 1 0 -2 1 0
  Net Shifts 1997 to 2023 8 -1 10 -6 -18 7 0
                 
1998 Northern Southeast Herring Spawn On Kelp Pound (L21A) 30 -1 -16 -4 0 -10 1
1998 Southern Southeast Herring Spawn On Kelp Pound (L21C) 9 1 -3 -1 0 -6 0
1998 Southeast Shrimp Pot Gear (P91A) -5 1 9 -4 -9 8 0
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) 1 0 0 -1 0 0 0
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 50' (C5CE) 9 -5 0 4 -3 -5 0
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 35' (C5DE) 3 -2 0 2 0 -3 0
  Net Shifts 1998 to 2023 47 -6 -10 -4 -12 -16 1
                 
1999-2002 Southeast Brown King/Tanner Crab Pot Gear (K59A) 1 0 1 0 0 -2 0
1999-2002 Southeast Shrimp Beam Trawl (P17A) -2 0 2 0 0 0 0
1999-2002 Southeast Sea Urchin Diving Gear (U11A) 3 -1 -5 0 -8 11 0
1999-2002 Southeast Geoduck Clams Diving Gear (J11A) 2 0 7 0 -1 -9 1
1999-2002 Southeast Sea Cucumber Diving Gear (Q11A) -4 3 2 0 -5 4 0
1999-2002 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 60' (C5BE) 1 0 0 -2 0 1 0
1999-2002 Kodiak Herring Food/Bait Purse Seine, Fixed VL Length To 60' (H1DK) -1 0 1 0 0 0 0
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) -1 0 0 1 -1 1 0
  Net Shifts 1999 to 2023 -1 2 8 -1 -15 6 1
                 
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) 0 -1 1 -2 -1 3 0
2003-2004 Kodiak Tanner Bairdi Crab Pot Gear VL Under 60' (TB9BK) -4 18 7 -8 -3 -10 0
  Net Shifts 2003 to 2023 -4 17 8 -10 -4 -7 0
                 
  Total Net Shifts up to 2023 -82 459 226 -6 -318 -282 5

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.
DCCED/CFAB - Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development/Commercial Fishing and Agriculture Bank