This project required residency designations for permit holders and vessel owners. Residency was based upon the address given to the CFEC when permit holders and vessel owners renewed permits and licensed vessels. Each "place", or community, on the CFEC Census and NMFS Initial files was given an Urban/Rural designation and a Local/Nonlocal designation.

Decision Rules Used to Designate Urban and Rural

(1) Urban includes all towns with 1990 U.S. Census populations of 2,500 or more.

(2) Communities also are designated as urban even though their populations are under 2,500 if they lie within an "urbanized area." Urbanized areas are defined as all communities and places connected by highway to urban centers with populations of 6,000 or more and lying within a 20- mile radius of the urban center (for centers from 6,000 to 20,000 population) or a 40-mile radius (for centers of more than 20,000). The radius is measured from the center of the city as denoted by the city location point on maps, rather than from the city limits. An exception to the radius rule is that the Anchorage "urbanized area" does not extend north of Knik Arm nor south of Turnagain Arm.

The cities of 6,000 to 20,000 population are Ketchikan, Kenai, Kodiak and Sitka. The cities above 20,000 are Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau.

Decision Rules Used to Designate Local and Non-local

Localness to halibut and sablefish management areas is determined using the following rules: