Changes in the Distribution of Alaska's Commercial Fisheries Entry Permits, 1975-2023
Table 3-07. Net Shifts in Resident Types Due to Migration of Permit Holders, 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
1975 Statewide Salmon Power Troll (S15B) -126 3 -26 12 81 56
1975 Southeast Salmon Purse Seine (S01A) -18 6 -7 -5 3 21
1975 Southeast Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03A) 9 -10 -34 12 16 7
1975 Yakutat Salmon Set Gillnet (S04D) -35 -3 0 25 7 6
1975 Prince William Sound Salmon Purse Seine (S01E) -42 -3 0 12 10 23
1975 Prince William Sound Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03E) -72 -52 0 53 11 60
1975 Prince William Sound Salmon Set Gillnet (S04E) -2 4 0 -3 0 1
1975 Cook Inlet Salmon Purse Seine (S01H) -7 -2 1 -1 1 8
1975 Cook Inlet Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03H) -3 -4 -41 -2 20 30
1975 Cook Inlet Salmon Set Gillnet (S04H) -9 3 -32 -10 26 22
1975 Kodiak Salmon Purse Seine (S01K) -34 15 -64 15 14 54
1975 Kodiak Salmon Beach Seine (S02K) -10 -1 4 4 2 1
1975 Kodiak Salmon Set Gillnet (S04K) -23 2 -37 12 14 32
1975 Chignik Salmon Purse Seine (S01L) 1 -4 0 -3 -1 7
1975 AK Peninsula Salmon Purse Seine (S01M) -16 4 0 5 6 1
1975 AK Peninsula Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03M) -10 -6 0 2 1 13
1975 AK Peninsula Salmon Set Gillnet (S04M) -35 3 0 22 0 10
1975 Bristol Bay Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03T) -89 -53 0 -10 -9 161
1975 Bristol Bay Salmon Set Gillnet (S04T) -169 -7 0 48 29 99
  Net Shifts 1975 to 2023 -690 -105 -236 188 231 612
               
1976 Kuskokwim Salmon Gillnet (S04W) -83 19 5 47 6 6
1976 Lower Yukon Salmon Gillnet (S04Y) -153 43 0 94 11 5
1976 Upper Yukon Salmon Gillnet (S04P) -27 1 13 9 2 2
1976 Upper Yukon Salmon Fish Wheel (S08P) -41 6 18 7 4 6
1976 Norton Sound Salmon Gillnet (S04Z) -45 11 0 34 1 -1
1976 Kotzebue Salmon Gillnet (S04X) -56 5 0 38 5 8
  Net Shifts 1976 to 2023 -405 85 36 229 29 26
               
1977-1978 Southeast Herring Roe Purse Seine (G01A) -4 -1 0 0 0 5
1977-1978 Prince William Sound Herring Roe Purse Seine (G01E) -15 -6 0 -3 2 22
1977-1978 Cook Inlet Herring Roe & Food/Bait Purse Seine (G01H) -7 3 4 -16 -1 17
  Net Shifts 1977 to 2023 -26 -4 4 -19 1 44
               
1980-1987 Statewide Salmon Hand Troll (S05B) -173 15 -38 43 62 91
1980-1987 Southeast Herring Roe & Fd/Bt Gillnet (G34A) -9 0 -6 0 5 10
1980-1987 Prince William Sound Herring Roe Gillnet (G34E) -10 0 0 4 2 4
1980-1987 Kodiak Herring Roe Purse Seine (G01K) -9 2 -8 0 1 14
1980-1987 Kodiak Herring Roe Gillnet (G34K) -3 -2 -5 2 -1 9
1980-1987 Kodiak Herring Roe Gillnet & Purse Seine (G31K) 0 0 0 0 -1 1
  Net Shifts 1980 to 2023 -204 15 -57 49 68 129
               
1988-1992 Northern Southeast Sablefish Longline (C61A) -8 0 -1 3 -2 8
1988-1992 Southern Southeast Sablefish Longline (C61C) -1 0 -1 0 0 2
1988-1992 Southern Southeast Sablefish Pot Gear (C91C) 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue King Crab Pot Gear (K19A) 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue/Brown King Crab Pot Gear (K29A) 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988-1992 Southeast Brown King Crab Pot Gear (K39A) -1 0 0 0 0 1
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue King/Tanner Crab Pot Gear (K49A) -1 0 -2 1 0 2
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue/Brown King/Tanner Crab Pot Gear (K69A) -1 0 -1 0 0 2
1988-1992 Southeast Tanner Crab Pot Gear (T19A) 3 0 -4 0 -1 2
1988-1992 Prince William Sound Herring Spawn On Kelp Pound (L21E) -28 -6 0 6 11 17
1988-1992 Bristol Bay Herring Spawn On Kelp Hand Pick (L12T) -35 5 0 21 2 7
1988-1992 Nelson Island Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34N) -15 0 0 13 0 2
1988-1992 Nunivak Island Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34U) -5 -1 0 5 0 1
1988-1992 Cape Romanzof Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34Y) -3 2 0 1 0 0
1988-1992 Norton Sound Herring Roe Beach Seine (G02Z) 0 -1 0 0 0 1
1988-1992 Norton Sound Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34Z) -8 -19 0 17 2 8
  Net Shifts 1988 to 2023 -103 -20 -9 67 12 53
               
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab Ring Net (D10A) -1 0 1 0 0 0
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab Diving Gear (D11A) -1 0 -1 1 1 0
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 300 Pots/Or 100% Of Max (D9AA) -3 1 -3 0 1 4
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 225 Pots/Or 75% Of Max (D9BA) -6 0 1 1 -1 5
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 150 Pots/Or 50% Of Max (D9CA) -2 0 0 4 3 -5
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 75 Pots/Or 25% Of Max (D9DA) -12 -1 4 2 7 0
1997 Cook Inlet Dungeness Crab Ring Net (D10H) 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 Cook Inlet Dungeness Crab Pot Gear (D91H) -9 -2 5 0 3 3
  Net Shifts 1997 to 2023 -34 -2 7 8 14 7
               
1998 Northern Southeast Herring Spawn On Kelp Pound (L21A) -10 0 -6 2 -2 16
1998 Southern Southeast Herring Spawn On Kelp Pound (L21C) -36 -1 8 0 -1 30
1998 Southeast Shrimp Pot Gear (P91A) -20 -3 -9 9 8 15
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Net Gear Max VL Length 50' (C4CE) 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 90' (C5AE) 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 50' (C5CE) -5 2 0 -3 1 5
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 35' (C5DE) -2 2 0 1 -1 0
  Net Shifts 1998 to 2023 -73 0 -7 9 5 66
               
1999-2002 Southeast Brown King/Tanner Crab Pot Gear (K59A) -1 0 1 0 0 0
1999-2002 Southeast Shrimp Beam Trawl (P17A) -2 0 0 1 0 1
1999-2002 Southeast Sea Urchin Diving Gear (U11A) -4 1 8 -1 7 -11
1999-2002 Southeast Geoduck Clams Diving Gear (J11A) -3 0 7 0 1 -5
1999-2002 Southeast Sea Cucumber Diving Gear (Q11A) 1 3 -15 1 8 2
1999-2002 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 60' (C5BE) 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999-2002 Kodiak Herring Food/Bait Purse Seine, Fixed VL Length To 60' (H1DK) 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999-2002 Kodiak Herring Food/Bait Otter Trawl, Fixed VL Length To 75' (H7BK) 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
1999-2002 Kodiak Herring Food/Bait Otter Trawl, Fixed VL Length To 60' (H7DK) 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999-2002 Goodnews Bay Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34W) 0 -11 0 10 0 1
  Net Shifts 1999 to 2023 -9 -7 1 11 16 -12
               
2003-2004 Southeast Shrimp Otter Trawl (P07A) 0 0 0 0 -1 1
2003-2004 Kodiak Tanner Bairdi Crab Pot Gear VL To 120' (TB9AK) 0 1 -2 0 1 0
2003-2004 Kodiak Tanner Bairdi Crab Pot Gear VL Under 60' (TB9BK) 0 3 -14 4 3 4
  Net Shifts 2003 to 2023 0 4 -16 4 3 5
               
  Total Net Shifts 1975-2023 -1544 -34 -277 546 379 930

Note that no migration has occurred for the permit fisheries C91C, K19A, K29A, D10H, C4CE, C5AE, C5BE, H1DK, H7BK, H7CK, H7DK, and &fshy12..