Changes in the Distribution of Alaska's Commercial Fisheries Entry Permits, 1975-2024
Table 3-04. Numbers of Intra-Cohort and Cross-Cohort Permit Transfers By Permit Type, 1975-2024

  Intra Cohort Cross Cohort  
Year Permits First Issued Fishery Count Percentage Count Percentage Total Transfers
1975 Statewide Salmon Power Troll (S15B) 1,910 52.5% 1,725 47.5% 3,635
1975 Southeast Salmon Purse Seine (S01A) 860 63.9% 485 36.1% 1,345
1975 Southeast Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03A) 1,272 58.2% 914 41.8% 2,186
1975 Yakutat Salmon Set Gillnet (S04D) 472 61.6% 294 38.4% 766
1975 Prince William Sound Salmon Purse Seine (S01E) 708 56.3% 549 43.7% 1,257
1975 Prince William Sound Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03E) 1,100 50.4% 1,083 49.6% 2,183
1975 Prince William Sound Salmon Set Gillnet (S04E) 101 63.1% 59 36.9% 160
1975 Cook Inlet Salmon Purse Seine (S01H) 224 70.9% 92 29.1% 316
1975 Cook Inlet Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03H) 1,688 62.5% 1,014 37.5% 2,702
1975 Cook Inlet Salmon Set Gillnet (S04H) 2,025 60.9% 1,298 39.1% 3,323
1975 Kodiak Salmon Purse Seine (S01K) 772 51.2% 737 48.8% 1,509
1975 Kodiak Salmon Beach Seine (S02K) 92 56.1% 72 43.9% 164
1975 Kodiak Salmon Set Gillnet (S04K) 761 55.6% 608 44.4% 1,369
1975 Chignik Salmon Purse Seine (S01L) 132 52.8% 118 47.2% 250
1975 AK Peninsula Salmon Purse Seine (S01M) 253 59.4% 173 40.6% 426
1975 AK Peninsula Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03M) 437 59.5% 298 40.5% 735
1975 AK Peninsula Salmon Set Gillnet (S04M) 340 62.4% 205 37.6% 545
1975 Bristol Bay Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03T) 5,196 66.2% 2,653 33.8% 7,849
1975 Bristol Bay Salmon Set Gillnet (S04T) 2,884 62.5% 1,730 37.5% 4,614
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1975 21,227 59.3% 14,107 40.7% 35,334
             
1976 Kuskokwim Salmon Gillnet (S04W) 1,303 79.8% 329 20.2% 1,632
1976 Lower Yukon Salmon Gillnet (S04Y) 1,257 77.2% 371 22.8% 1,628
1976 Upper Yukon Salmon Gillnet (S04P) 74 58.7% 52 41.3% 126
1976 Upper Yukon Salmon Fish Wheel (S08P) 206 68.7% 94 31.3% 300
1976 Norton Sound Salmon Gillnet (S04Z) 458 81.5% 104 18.5% 562
1976 Kotzebue Salmon Gillnet (S04X) 442 81.0% 104 19.0% 546
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1976 3,740 74.5% 1,054 25.5% 4,794
             
1977-1978 Southeast Herring Roe Purse Seine (G01A) 67 47.9% 73 52.1% 140
1977-1978 Prince William Sound Herring Roe Purse Seine (G01E) 126 54.3% 106 45.7% 232
1977-1978 Cook Inlet Herring Roe & Food/Bait Purse Seine (G01H) 99 58.6% 70 41.4% 169
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1977-1978 292 53.6% 249 46.4% 541
             
1980-1987 Statewide Salmon Hand Troll (S05B) 1,923 57.3% 1,435 42.7% 3,358
1980-1987 Southeast Herring Roe & Fd/Bt Gillnet (G34A) 188 56.8% 143 43.2% 331
1980-1987 Prince William Sound Herring Roe Gillnet (G34E) 27 58.7% 19 41.3% 46
1980-1987 Kodiak Herring Roe Purse Seine (G01K) 54 37.8% 89 62.2% 143
1980-1987 Kodiak Herring Roe Gillnet (G34K) 115 53.2% 101 46.8% 216
1980-1987 Kodiak Herring Roe Gillnet & Purse Seine (G31K) 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1980-1987 2,307 52.8% 1,787 47.2% 4,094
             
1988-1992 Northern Southeast Sablefish Longline (C61A) 65 51.6% 61 48.4% 126
1988-1992 Southern Southeast Sablefish Longline (C61C) 19 55.9% 15 44.1% 34
1988-1992 Southern Southeast Sablefish Pot Gear (C91C) 0 0.0% 1 100.0% 1
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue King Crab Pot Gear (K19A) 15 71.4% 6 28.6% 21
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue/Brown King Crab Pot Gear (K29A) 8 88.9% 1 11.1% 9
1988-1992 Southeast Brown King Crab Pot Gear (K39A) 9 60.0% 6 40.0% 15
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue King/Tanner Crab Pot Gear (K49A) 21 61.8% 13 38.2% 34
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue/Brown King/Tanner Crab Pot Gear (K69A) 34 69.4% 15 30.6% 49
1988-1992 Southeast Tanner Crab Pot Gear (T19A) 25 44.6% 31 55.4% 56
1988-1992 Prince William Sound Herring Spawn On Kelp Pound (L21E) 65 39.6% 99 60.4% 164
1988-1992 Bristol Bay Herring Spawn On Kelp Hand Pick (L12T) 104 80.0% 26 20.0% 130
1988-1992 Nelson Island Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34N) 57 75.0% 19 25.0% 76
1988-1992 Nunivak Island Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34U) 14 77.8% 4 22.2% 18
1988-1992 Cape Romanzof Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34Y) 53 96.4% 2 3.6% 55
1988-1992 Norton Sound Herring Roe Beach Seine (G02Z) 0 0.0% 2 100.0% 2
1988-1992 Norton Sound Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34Z) 223 57.0% 168 43.0% 391
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1988-1992 712 58.1% 469 41.9% 1,181
             
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) 86 59.7% 58 40.3% 144
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 225 Pots/Or 75% Of Max (D9BA) 102 55.1% 83 44.9% 185
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 150 Pots/Or 50% Of Max (D9CA) 216 59.7% 146 40.3% 362
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 75 Pots/Or 25% Of Max (D9DA) 232 54.7% 192 45.3% 424
1997 Cook Inlet Dungeness Crab Ring Net (D10H) 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0
1997 Cook Inlet Dungeness Crab Pot Gear (D91H) 22 66.7% 11 33.3% 33
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1997 658 59.2% 490 40.8% 1,148
             
1998 Northern Southeast Herring Spawn On Kelp Pound (L21A) 92 46.9% 104 53.1% 196
1998 Southern Southeast Herring Spawn On Kelp Pound (L21C) 174 55.8% 138 44.2% 312
1998 Southeast Shrimp Pot Gear (P91A) 161 45.5% 193 54.5% 354
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) 5 83.3% 1 16.7% 6
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 50' (C5CE) 37 44.0% 47 56.0% 84
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 35' (C5DE) 15 40.5% 22 59.5% 37
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1998 484 52.7% 505 47.3% 989
             
1999-2002 Southeast Brown King/Tanner Crab Pot Gear (K59A) 3 50.0% 3 50.0% 6
1999-2002 Southeast Shrimp Beam Trawl (P17A) 25 54.3% 21 45.7% 46
1999-2002 Southeast Sea Urchin Diving Gear (U11A) 73 49.0% 76 51.0% 149
1999-2002 Southeast Geoduck Clams Diving Gear (J11A) 51 53.7% 44 46.3% 95
1999-2002 Southeast Sea Cucumber Diving Gear (Q11A) 158 42.8% 211 57.2% 369
1999-2002 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 60' (C5BE) 2 33.3% 4 66.7% 6
1999-2002 Kodiak Herring Food/Bait Purse Seine, Fixed VL Length To 60' (H1DK) 5 83.3% 1 16.7% 6
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) 35 83.3% 7 16.7% 42
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1999-2002 352 56.2% 367 43.8% 719
             
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) 27 62.8% 16 37.2% 43
2003-2004 Kodiak Tanner Bairdi Crab Pot Gear VL Under 60' (TB9BK) 82 49.1% 85 50.9% 167
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 2003-2004 109 55.9% 101 44.1% 210
             
  Statewide Totals 29,881 58.6% 19,129 41.4% 49,010

The number of transfers includes 358 permit foreclosures and 353 subsequent transfers of these permits. In this table these are counted as cross-cohort transfers.
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.