Changes in the Distribution of Alaska's Commercial Fisheries Entry Permits, 1975-2024
Table 2-02. Permit Transfer Activity by Permit Type, 1975-2024

  Sum of Annual Permit Counts 1975-2024  
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) 47,504 47,504 951 2% 3,635 8%
1975 Southeast Salmon Purse Seine (S01A) 19,070 19,070 400 2% 1,345 7%
1975 Southeast Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03A) 23,457 23,457 461 2% 2,186 9%
1975 Yakutat Salmon Set Gillnet (S04D) 8,273 8,273 157 2% 766 9%
1975 Prince William Sound Salmon Purse Seine (S01E) 13,156 13,156 264 2% 1,257 10%
1975 Prince William Sound Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03E) 26,711 26,711 504 2% 2,183 8%
1975 Prince William Sound Salmon Set Gillnet (S04E) 1,461 1,425 29 2% 160 11%
1975 Cook Inlet Salmon Purse Seine (S01H) 4,024 4,024 84 2% 316 8%
1975 Cook Inlet Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03H) 28,043 28,043 560 2% 2,702 10%
1975 Cook Inlet Salmon Set Gillnet (S04H) 36,871 36,871 709 2% 3,323 9%
1975 Kodiak Salmon Purse Seine (S01K) 18,780 18,780 370 2% 1,509 8%
1975 Kodiak Salmon Beach Seine (S02K) 1,585 1,536 32 2% 164 11%
1975 Kodiak Salmon Set Gillnet (S04K) 9,309 9,309 181 2% 1,369 15%
1975 Chignik Salmon Purse Seine (S01L) 4,502 4,502 84 2% 250 6%
1975 AK Peninsula Salmon Purse Seine (S01M) 5,919 5,919 116 2% 426 7%
1975 AK Peninsula Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03M) 7,964 7,964 160 2% 735 9%
1975 AK Peninsula Salmon Set Gillnet (S04M) 5,554 5,554 113 2% 545 10%
1975 Bristol Bay Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03T) 90,182 90,182 1,841 2% 7,849 9%
1975 Bristol Bay Salmon Set Gillnet (S04T) 48,053 44,330 885 2% 4,614 10%
1975 Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1975 400,418 396,610 7,901 2% 35,334 9%
1976 Kuskokwim Salmon Gillnet (S04W) 37,964 37,964 730 2% 1,632 4%
1976 Lower Yukon Salmon Gillnet (S04Y) 33,400 33,400 642 2% 1,628 5%
1976 Upper Yukon Salmon Gillnet (S04P) 2,952 2,952 54 2% 125 4%
1976 Upper Yukon Salmon Fish Wheel (S08P) 6,115 6,115 130 2% 300 5%
1976 Norton Sound Salmon Gillnet (S04Z) 9,054 9,054 188 2% 561 6%
1976 Kotzebue Salmon Gillnet (S04X) 9,033 9,033 194 2% 546 6%
1976 Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1976 98,518 98,518 1,938 2% 4,792 5%
1977-1978 Southeast Herring Roe Purse Seine (G01A) 2,156 2,156 46 2% 140 6%
1977-1978 Prince William Sound Herring Roe Purse Seine (G01E) 4,904 4,904 90 2% 232 5%
1977-1978 Cook Inlet Herring Roe & Food/Bait Purse Seine (G01H) 3,511 3,511 62 2% 169 5%
1977-1978 Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1977-1978 10,571 10,571 198 2% 541 5%
1980-1987 Statewide Salmon Hand Troll (S05B) 55,985 32,116 737 2% 3,358 10%
1980-1987 Southeast Herring Roe & Fd/Bt Gillnet (G34A) 4,593 4,593 96 2% 331 7%
1980-1987 Prince William Sound Herring Roe Gillnet (G34E) 1,032 1,032 22 2% 46 4%
1980-1987 Kodiak Herring Roe Purse Seine (G01K) 2,539 2,113 50 2% 143 7%
1980-1987 Kodiak Herring Roe Gillnet (G34K) 3,402 3,059 77 3% 216 7%
1980-1987 Kodiak Herring Roe Gillnet & Purse Seine (G31K) 71 38 0 0% 0 0%
1980-1987 Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1980-1987 67,622 42,951 982 2% 4,094 10%
1988-1992 Northern Southeast Sablefish Longline (C61A) 1,896 1,896 60 3% 126 7%
1988-1992 Southern Southeast Sablefish Longline (C61C) 350 315 13 4% 34 11%
1988-1992 Southern Southeast Sablefish Pot Gear (C91C) 71 54 1 2% 1 2%
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue King Crab Pot Gear (K19A) 146 146 8 5% 21 14%
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue/Brown King Crab Pot Gear (K29A) 132 117 5 4% 9 8%
1988-1992 Southeast Brown King Crab Pot Gear (K39A) 190 126 5 4% 15 12%
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue King/Tanner Crab Pot Gear (K49A) 414 414 14 3% 34 8%
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue/Brown King/Tanner Crab Pot Gear (K69A) 800 766 25 3% 49 6%
1988-1992 Southeast Tanner Crab Pot Gear (T19A) 574 514 19 4% 56 11%
1988-1992 Prince William Sound Herring Spawn On Kelp Pound (L21E) 4,734 4,734 91 2% 164 3%
1988-1992 Bristol Bay Herring Spawn On Kelp Hand Pick (L12T) 8,876 8,876 107 1% 130 1%
1988-1992 Nelson Island Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34N) 4,453 4,153 56 1% 76 2%
1988-1992 Nunivak Island Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34U) 1,154 1,106 14 1% 18 2%
1988-1992 Cape Romanzof Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34Y) 2,140 2,064 40 2% 55 3%
1988-1992 Norton Sound Herring Roe Beach Seine (G02Z) 184 184 2 1% 2 1%
1988-1992 Norton Sound Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34Z) 8,779 8,779 194 2% 391 4%
1988-1992 Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1988-1992 34,893 34,244 654 2% 1,181 3%
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab Ring Net (D10A) 97 0 0 0% 0 0%
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab Diving Gear (D11A) 58 0 0 0% 0 0%
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 300 Pots/Or 100% Of Max (D9AA) 1,377 1,377 45 3% 144 10%
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 225 Pots/Or 75% Of Max (D9BA) 1,220 1,203 43 4% 185 15%
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 150 Pots/Or 50% Of Max (D9CA) 2,312 2,239 80 4% 362 16%
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 75 Pots/Or 25% Of Max (D9DA) 2,742 1,947 69 4% 424 22%
1997 Cook Inlet Dungeness Crab Ring Net (D10H) 6 0 0 0% 0 0%
1997 Cook Inlet Dungeness Crab Pot Gear (D91H) 1,940 1,652 22 1% 33 2%
1997 Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1997 9,752 8,418 259 3% 1,148 14%
1998 Northern Southeast Herring Spawn On Kelp Pound (L21A) 2,838 2,838 86 3% 196 7%
1998 Southern Southeast Herring Spawn On Kelp Pound (L21C) 4,716 3,985 126 3% 312 8%
1998 Southeast Shrimp Pot Gear (P91A) 6,761 4,119 136 3% 354 9%
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Net Gear Max VL Length 50' (C4CE) 27 27 0 0% 0 0%
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 90' (C5AE) 38 38 2 5% 6 16%
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 50' (C5CE) 896 896 31 3% 84 9%
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 35' (C5DE) 306 306 14 5% 37 12%
1998 Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1998 15,582 12,209 395 3% 989 8%
1999-2002 Southeast Brown King/Tanner Crab Pot Gear (K59A) 92 83 4 5% 6 7%
1999-2002 Southeast Shrimp Beam Trawl (P17A) 662 583 21 4% 46 8%
1999-2002 Southeast Sea Urchin Diving Gear (U11A) 1,600 1,598 60 4% 149 9%
1999-2002 Southeast Geoduck Clams Diving Gear (J11A) 1,903 1,163 38 3% 95 8%
1999-2002 Southeast Sea Cucumber Diving Gear (Q11A) 6,935 3,727 128 3% 369 10%
1999-2002 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 60' (C5BE) 60 60 3 5% 6 10%
1999-2002 Kodiak Herring Food/Bait Purse Seine, Fixed VL Length To 60' (H1DK) 115 115 4 3% 6 5%
1999-2002 Kodiak Herring Food/Bait Otter Trawl, Fixed VL Length To 75' (H7BK) 23 23 0 0% 0 0%
1999-2002 Kodiak Herring Food/Bait Otter Trawl, Fixed VL Length To 70' (H7CK) 23 23 0 0% 0 0%
1999-2002 Kodiak Herring Food/Bait Otter Trawl, Fixed VL Length To 60' (H7DK) 46 46 0 0% 0 0%
1999-2002 Goodnews Bay Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34W) 3,056 3,033 35 1% 42 1%
1999-2002 Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1999-2002 14,515 10,454 293 3% 719 7%
2003-2004 Southeast Shrimp Otter Trawl (P07A) 22 0 0 0% 0 0%
2003-2004 Kodiak Tanner Bairdi Crab Pot Gear VL To 120' (TB9AK) 799 704 23 3% 43 6%
2003-2004 Kodiak Tanner Bairdi Crab Pot Gear VL Under 60' (TB9BK) 2,736 2,630 97 4% 167 6%
2003-2004 Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 2003-2004 3,557 3,334 120 4% 210 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.