Changes in the Distribution of Alaska's Commercial Fisheries Entry Permits, 1975-2019
Table 4-03. Yearly Mean and Median Ages of Persons Holding Transferable Permits, Transferors, and Transfer Recipients, by Resident Type

  Transferable Permits Transferors Recipients
Year Count Mean Age Median Age Count Mean Age Median Age Count Mean Age Median Age
Alaska Rural Local                  
1975 2,892 41.9 41.0 168 49.8 50.0 193 32.0 30.0
1976 4,643 40.8 40.0 266 45.9 44.5 238 30.2 28.0
1977 4,874 40.5 40.0 419 45.0 45.0 368 31.5 28.0
1978 4,882 40.3 39.0 513 43.2 41.0 447 32.7 31.0
1979 4,854 40.5 39.0 472 42.0 40.0 383 32.0 30.0
1980 4,797 40.3 39.0 435 44.5 43.0 358 31.2 28.0
1981 4,762 40.2 39.0 439 43.7 41.0 375 30.5 29.0
1982 5,128 40.3 39.0 448 45.3 45.0 378 31.6 30.0
1983 5,073 40.1 38.0 505 45.5 44.0 432 32.2 30.0
1984 5,052 40.3 39.0 392 43.5 41.0 341 32.2 30.0
1985 5,086 40.5 39.0 380 44.0 42.0 366 33.3 32.0
1986 5,062 40.7 39.0 409 44.4 42.0 379 34.1 32.0
1987 5,072 40.8 39.0 393 44.6 42.0 395 34.1 31.0
1988 5,087 41.0 39.0 384 42.9 40.0 359 33.8 32.0
1989 5,068 41.5 40.0 350 44.3 42.0 342 34.5 32.0
1990 5,288 41.9 40.0 325 46.2 43.0 335 33.3 33.0
1991 5,322 42.3 40.0 317 45.4 42.0 318 35.2 33.0
1992 5,638 42.4 41.0 326 46.2 44.0 327 34.7 32.0
1993 5,675 42.8 41.0 324 45.8 44.5 323 35.7 34.0
1994 5,653 43.2 42.0 312 46.3 45.5 317 35.7 34.0
1995 5,616 43.5 42.0 352 47.4 46.0 354 35.5 35.0
1996 5,571 43.7 43.0 345 49.5 48.0 340 36.4 35.0
1997 5,813 44.2 43.0 320 47.3 46.0 373 37.5 38.0
1998 5,963 44.5 44.0 309 47.6 47.0 323 36.4 36.0
1999 6,019 44.9 44.0 279 49.4 51.0 319 36.8 38.0
2000 6,027 45.4 45.0 293 47.4 47.0 348 37.3 36.0
2001 6,031 45.8 46.0 318 47.5 46.0 345 38.1 37.0
2002 5,994 46.4 46.0 245 49.9 50.0 272 39.0 40.0
2003 5,932 47.0 47.0 252 49.0 49.0 299 39.7 40.0
2004 5,831 47.3 48.0 300 50.2 50.0 345 38.8 38.0
2005 5,800 47.6 48.0 337 50.1 49.0 373 37.9 37.0
2006 5,774 47.7 49.0 336 50.0 51.0 341 36.7 36.0
2007 5,784 48.0 49.0 329 50.0 51.0 350 38.3 37.0
2008 5,759 48.1 49.0 374 50.6 52.0 377 37.4 37.0
2009 5,687 48.5 50.0 295 50.0 51.0 302 38.4 35.0
2010 5,699 48.7 50.0 352 51.3 51.5 372 39.2 37.0
2011 5,666 49.0 51.0 383 51.0 52.0 369 40.3 40.0
2012 5,627 49.2 51.0 347 51.0 53.0 353 39.1 37.0
2013 5,630 49.4 51.0 345 51.1 53.0 354 38.4 35.0
2014 5,617 49.5 51.0 350 50.8 53.0 357 38.1 36.0
2015 5,558 50.0 52.0 250 48.3 50.0 270 38.8 37.0
2016 5,493 50.4 53.0 278 52.5 55.0 280 41.1 39.0
2017 5,507 50.8 53.0 275 53.5 56.0 296 40.5 38.0
2018 5,534 51.2 53.0 258 51.3 55.0 290 40.0 38.0
2019 5,484 51.5 54.0 256 51.9 55.5 266 38.8 35.0
                   
Alaska Rural Nonlocal                  
1975 242 41.8 42.0 11 45.5 49.0 15 32.3 33.0
1976 328 41.6 41.5 24 43.5 39.0 26 31.3 31.0
1977 366 41.5 41.0 50 43.5 44.0 42 33.4 33.0
1978 366 40.9 40.0 73 41.6 39.0 74 32.2 31.0
1979 382 40.9 41.0 62 37.4 34.5 71 33.3 31.0
1980 388 40.6 40.0 50 40.6 39.0 59 32.2 31.0
1981 397 40.1 39.0 49 43.0 42.0 45 31.4 28.0
1982 422 39.3 38.0 62 44.7 44.0 73 32.2 31.0
1983 451 39.3 39.0 53 41.2 39.0 73 33.5 33.0
1984 471 39.2 38.0 58 41.5 39.0 62 33.5 32.0
1985 511 39.0 37.0 60 40.5 37.0 83 34.5 33.0
1986 547 39.3 37.0 61 38.9 39.0 82 34.1 33.0
1987 572 39.4 37.0 68 40.6 36.5 94 35.5 33.0
1988 612 39.4 37.0 69 41.4 37.0 91 34.7 34.0
1989 638 39.8 38.0 49 41.4 39.0 75 33.4 34.0
1990 690 40.3 38.0 59 39.8 39.0 69 35.7 36.0
1991 716 41.0 39.0 71 43.2 40.0 88 38.4 39.0
1992 709 41.5 40.0 72 41.5 40.0 68 36.2 38.0
1993 714 42.2 41.0 57 43.2 43.0 64 37.1 37.0
1994 731 42.6 42.0 63 43.4 42.0 70 36.1 36.0
1995 753 42.7 42.0 74 44.8 43.0 96 37.2 38.0
1996 780 43.2 43.0 79 42.2 41.0 88 37.4 38.0
1997 772 43.9 44.0 64 43.5 42.0 59 36.2 37.0
1998 781 44.3 44.0 50 45.2 46.0 59 36.8 37.0
1999 826 44.9 45.0 52 42.6 41.0 51 33.6 34.0
2000 834 45.0 45.0 63 47.8 48.0 61 35.9 36.0
2001 896 45.5 46.0 38 44.1 43.0 54 37.8 36.5
2002 885 46.1 46.0 49 43.4 42.0 41 35.5 32.0
2003 867 46.5 47.0 54 50.1 49.5 43 37.1 37.0
2004 839 46.5 47.0 51 49.0 49.0 45 34.4 35.0
2005 851 46.6 48.0 62 48.5 46.5 71 36.3 40.0
2006 879 46.6 48.0 53 48.4 49.0 70 35.6 34.5
2007 876 46.6 49.0 58 47.2 47.5 72 35.8 32.0
2008 910 46.5 49.0 70 46.8 50.5 94 38.2 40.0
2009 937 47.2 49.0 70 42.6 47.0 85 38.7 37.0
2010 964 47.4 50.0 75 46.4 48.0 96 37.2 33.0
2011 960 47.6 50.0 84 47.0 51.0 79 38.9 36.0
2012 945 47.9 51.0 68 47.5 48.5 80 39.3 41.5
2013 960 48.0 51.0 86 46.0 46.5 93 36.7 35.0
2014 974 48.0 51.0 87 45.3 46.0 91 33.4 29.0
2015 966 48.2 52.0 47 47.4 51.0 55 35.7 26.0
2016 951 48.7 52.0 58 47.4 48.5 53 38.0 35.0
2017 947 48.9 52.0 69 49.6 54.0 78 38.1 34.5
2018 961 48.8 51.0 63 51.5 58.0 86 37.6 35.0
2019 972 49.3 51.0 58 44.4 44.0 85 38.9 36.0
                   
Alaska Urban Local                  
1975 1,267 41.7 43.0 134 49.5 50.0 157 31.7 29.0
1976 1,666 41.0 41.0 146 40.3 40.0 179 32.8 31.0
1977 1,821 40.6 40.0 239 40.9 38.0 278 34.5 33.0
1978 1,880 40.7 40.0 271 41.5 41.0 302 35.6 35.0
1979 1,919 40.7 40.0 243 40.1 40.0 260 32.9 30.5
1980 1,934 40.6 39.0 208 42.5 40.0 234 32.3 30.0
1981 1,964 41.0 40.0 223 40.4 39.0 238 35.6 35.0
1982 2,273 41.7 40.0 231 41.6 40.0 222 34.2 33.0
1983 2,270 41.9 41.0 264 42.3 42.0 261 36.2 34.0
1984 2,259 42.1 41.0 232 45.0 43.0 212 35.6 34.0
1985 2,291 42.5 41.0 250 41.1 38.0 219 35.8 33.0
1986 2,267 42.3 41.0 292 43.3 41.0 283 34.5 34.0
1987 2,244 42.8 41.0 232 42.2 41.0 212 35.9 34.0
1988 2,231 42.9 41.0 229 45.4 44.0 223 35.1 34.0
1989 2,221 43.4 42.0 188 43.1 42.0 175 37.0 35.0
1990 2,212 43.5 42.0 234 43.3 41.0 201 35.6 35.0
1991 2,200 44.0 42.0 187 43.9 42.0 176 36.3 36.0
1992 2,182 44.8 43.0 176 42.0 40.0 179 38.5 38.0
1993 2,171 45.4 44.0 164 45.1 43.0 151 37.8 38.0
1994 2,151 45.8 45.0 159 45.5 44.0 148 38.4 37.5
1995 2,132 45.9 45.0 172 48.9 48.0 170 37.9 38.0
1996 2,122 46.6 46.0 117 45.1 43.0 116 40.5 40.0
1997 2,164 46.8 46.0 168 47.6 45.0 172 39.2 38.0
1998 2,266 47.2 46.5 144 49.0 49.0 152 40.4 41.0
1999 2,295 47.6 47.0 131 49.2 49.0 134 39.3 39.0
2000 2,314 47.9 48.0 158 47.0 49.0 175 38.9 37.0
2001 2,416 48.2 48.0 153 49.5 50.0 174 42.9 42.5
2002 2,440 48.8 49.0 118 48.9 48.0 119 42.3 44.0
2003 2,429 49.1 49.0 151 51.6 52.0 156 41.9 43.0
2004 2,436 49.3 50.0 178 50.8 50.5 169 41.6 41.0
2005 2,504 49.5 50.0 184 51.2 51.5 168 40.2 39.5
2006 2,522 49.7 50.0 171 50.2 50.0 188 39.8 40.0
2007 2,485 50.1 51.0 164 52.9 52.0 162 42.0 41.0
2008 2,501 50.2 51.0 171 52.8 53.0 185 40.2 41.0
2009 2,513 50.5 52.0 170 48.3 48.0 170 39.5 38.0
2010 2,532 50.6 52.0 187 52.3 54.0 220 41.4 41.0
2011 2,557 50.6 52.0 251 51.4 54.0 290 42.3 43.0
2012 2,574 50.7 52.0 183 52.3 53.0 205 42.1 41.0
2013 2,563 50.8 53.0 187 50.7 53.0 188 40.3 39.5
2014 2,589 51.0 53.0 203 51.0 52.0 235 43.5 43.0
2015 2,614 51.4 54.0 146 49.8 52.0 161 42.8 44.0
2016 2,641 52.0 54.0 139 52.0 55.0 156 44.6 45.0
2017 2,630 52.5 55.0 169 49.3 50.0 179 43.2 42.0
2018 2,620 52.9 55.0 163 52.6 54.0 152 44.8 46.5
2019 2,605 53.4 56.0 156 52.7 56.0 152 43.8 42.0
                   
Alaska Urban Nonlocal                  
1975 419 37.7 38.0 18 42.8 43.5 23 36.4 35.0
1976 481 38.3 38.0 43 38.5 38.0 40 31.9 34.0
1977 531 38.6 38.0 89 41.1 38.0 91 35.4 33.0
1978 539 38.1 37.0 105 39.9 38.0 129 34.5 33.0
1979 588 38.3 37.0 113 39.0 36.0 142 35.8 34.5
1980 626 38.1 36.5 107 39.3 37.0 135 33.9 33.0
1981 670 38.6 37.0 102 38.2 36.0 146 34.8 34.0
1982 747 38.5 38.0 116 38.5 37.0 132 34.2 33.0
1983 811 38.5 37.0 92 38.9 35.5 145 35.1 34.0
1984 820 39.0 38.0 112 38.8 37.5 112 34.4 34.0
1985 836 39.6 38.0 124 39.5 38.0 122 36.0 35.0
1986 873 40.2 39.0 92 39.2 37.0 132 36.2 36.0
1987 857 40.8 39.0 126 39.8 38.0 126 36.3 36.0
1988 870 40.6 39.0 139 43.3 42.0 136 35.6 35.0
1989 879 40.9 40.0 96 41.6 39.0 99 36.1 37.0
1990 945 41.2 40.0 101 37.7 39.0 103 37.1 36.0
1991 955 42.1 41.0 90 43.0 43.0 80 39.8 39.0
1992 978 42.3 41.0 105 45.4 43.0 87 38.3 36.0
1993 982 42.8 42.0 69 42.8 42.0 73 36.9 35.0
1994 990 43.5 43.0 87 42.1 41.0 75 40.2 41.0
1995 1,000 43.5 43.0 123 44.6 43.0 102 38.4 38.0
1996 971 44.2 44.0 123 43.5 44.0 94 38.0 38.0
1997 974 44.5 44.0 82 44.3 44.0 81 37.3 36.0
1998 1,032 45.2 45.0 69 46.9 48.0 63 39.3 40.0
1999 1,059 45.6 46.0 76 42.0 43.5 71 39.7 42.0
2000 1,095 45.9 46.0 97 47.2 49.0 83 38.0 37.0
2001 1,146 46.5 47.0 94 42.9 42.5 93 41.0 43.0
2002 1,134 47.1 48.0 64 42.7 43.0 55 40.0 44.0
2003 1,156 47.5 48.0 101 47.6 49.0 94 42.1 42.5
2004 1,162 48.0 49.0 88 44.1 46.0 92 39.6 41.0
2005 1,203 47.8 49.0 122 48.8 48.0 121 38.8 40.0
2006 1,181 48.6 50.0 112 45.1 46.0 94 40.5 41.5
2007 1,191 48.6 50.0 105 48.5 50.0 89 38.9 38.0
2008 1,174 48.9 51.0 101 49.3 50.0 91 42.2 43.0
2009 1,171 49.2 51.0 99 49.0 51.0 77 39.7 43.0
2010 1,170 49.2 51.0 147 47.1 48.0 130 39.5 39.5
2011 1,164 49.1 52.0 136 50.3 53.5 121 39.6 39.0
2012 1,141 49.8 52.0 95 46.9 49.0 80 40.6 41.5
2013 1,147 49.4 52.0 120 50.6 54.0 126 38.7 36.0
2014 1,153 49.4 52.0 122 47.7 51.0 118 39.3 35.0
2015 1,120 50.2 53.0 88 47.4 47.5 73 39.8 38.0
2016 1,123 50.2 53.0 76 47.8 50.0 76 37.1 35.0
2017 1,148 50.4 53.0 93 48.8 49.0 95 39.1 37.0
2018 1,128 50.9 54.0 87 49.8 54.0 74 41.0 37.0
2019 1,132 51.0 53.0 90 50.4 54.0 87 39.5 36.0
                   
Alaska Data Missing                  
1975 3 34.3 38.0            
1976 7 43.0 39.0 1 39.0 39.0 1 39.0 39.0
1977 7 45.0 41.0 2 44.5 44.5      
1978 71 42.2 40.0 16 48.3 46.0 13 42.9 40.0
1979 60 39.5 37.0 15 38.9 36.0 4 27.5 27.0
1980 44 42.7 40.5 6 47.8 50.5 3 30.3 27.0
1981 36 43.3 39.0 9 57.0 55.0 3 29.3 30.0
1982 29 38.7 38.0 5 46.8 39.0 3 32.3 35.0
1983 24 37.8 35.5 1 67.0 67.0 1 22.0 22.0
1984 18 38.2 37.0 7 31.1 29.0 2 33.5 33.5
1985 26 42.2 42.0 5 48.0 54.0 4 45.8 49.0
1986 24 40.4 36.0 8 47.1 47.5 4 45.8 46.5
1987 31 38.0 35.0 6 41.7 39.5 5 26.4 26.0
1988 30 40.7 39.5 7 36.7 32.0 4 40.8 46.0
1989 34 38.5 37.5 11 44.1 38.0 4 30.0 30.0
1990 27 43.5 40.0 8 36.9 36.0 4 35.5 32.5
1991 19 38.9 36.0 1 29.0 29.0 1 32.0 32.0
1992 22 43.5 43.5 4 42.3 44.5 4 39.8 43.5
1993 26 40.1 40.0 5 43.8 42.0 3 31.3 37.0
1994 21 38.2 36.0 5 48.4 39.0 2 41.5 41.5
1995 28 41.9 36.5 6 45.7 49.5 3 43.3 37.0
1996 49 40.0 38.0 12 47.0 49.0 11 39.7 36.0
1997 38 45.4 42.5 17 45.5 41.0 6 43.5 35.5
1998 51 48.1 48.0 12 45.3 41.5 3 36.3 32.0
1999 50 47.9 49.0 5 47.6 51.0 6 46.7 51.0
2000 47 47.6 49.0 17 52.1 53.0 4 40.0 41.5
2001 53 48.9 51.0 15 50.8 48.0 3 44.3 47.0
2002 53 50.5 50.0 7 56.9 62.0 7 51.7 52.0
2003 50 48.4 50.0 18 52.8 54.5 6 52.7 59.5
2004 55 51.0 54.0 16 53.7 51.5 11 49.2 52.0
2005 66 51.4 53.0 24 52.3 53.5 16 45.4 46.0
2006 75 50.2 51.0 25 50.1 53.0 8 37.0 33.5
2007 68 51.2 51.5 22 47.4 45.0 14 43.9 47.5
2008 70 53.8 53.5 18 54.1 49.0 9 47.8 40.0
2009 88 53.0 54.0 16 52.8 50.0 9 37.4 29.0
2010 72 51.2 51.0 14 53.9 51.5 10 42.6 45.0
2011 63 51.3 52.0 23 50.6 53.0 7 33.1 22.0
2012 78 51.0 50.0 13 46.3 49.0 8 39.6 41.5
2013 74 53.3 52.0 18 44.7 36.5 10 38.4 36.5
2014 61 52.2 52.0 20 56.2 51.0 5 39.4 37.0
2015 57 53.8 53.0 20 53.1 55.0 1 49.0 49.0
2016 56 51.9 54.0 12 51.4 48.5 4 20.3 23.0
2017 50 51.1 54.5 14 44.4 41.0 6 44.8 43.5
2018 48 53.6 55.0 9 54.0 54.0 7 45.0 33.0
2019 41 51.0 54.0 2 47.5 47.5 2 49.0 49.0
                   
Nonresident                  
1975 1,939 45.9 47.0 259 55.7 61.0 202 35.0 32.0
1976 2,035 44.7 46.0 296 49.9 52.0 292 34.2 32.0
1977 2,111 43.8 45.0 309 46.8 47.0 329 35.5 33.0
1978 2,157 43.3 43.0 336 44.0 43.0 349 36.1 33.0
1979 2,213 43.6 43.0 304 42.5 39.5 349 37.4 35.0
1980 2,251 43.3 43.0 254 46.3 45.0 271 35.2 33.0
1981 2,283 43.1 43.0 270 45.6 44.0 285 35.8 34.0
1982 2,328 43.0 42.0 269 46.7 46.0 323 36.1 34.0
1983 2,323 42.9 42.0 276 45.3 44.5 279 35.6 34.0
1984 2,380 43.1 42.0 236 43.8 41.0 308 36.9 35.0
1985 2,413 43.5 43.0 273 44.3 42.0 298 38.3 37.0
1986 2,444 43.5 43.0 300 44.9 44.0 282 36.4 35.0
1987 2,470 43.7 43.0 267 44.1 42.0 260 37.9 37.0
1988 2,575 43.7 43.0 268 43.7 42.0 283 37.4 36.0
1989 2,653 44.0 43.0 212 44.7 44.0 211 37.4 37.0
1990 2,746 44.3 43.0 220 45.6 42.0 235 38.2 36.0
1991 2,787 44.5 44.0 251 46.6 45.0 254 38.9 38.0
1992 2,830 44.9 44.0 257 43.9 41.0 275 38.3 38.0
1993 2,857 45.4 45.0 220 45.5 45.0 225 39.9 39.0
1994 2,906 45.7 45.0 264 46.3 44.0 278 39.7 40.0
1995 2,927 46.0 45.0 266 46.2 44.0 268 38.5 37.0
1996 2,993 46.5 46.0 260 46.6 46.0 287 40.5 41.0
1997 3,026 46.9 46.0 301 47.9 46.0 261 41.3 41.0
1998 3,062 47.3 47.0 267 48.0 47.0 251 41.3 42.0
1999 3,056 47.8 47.0 247 48.2 48.0 209 40.9 42.0
2000 3,067 47.9 48.0 300 47.9 48.0 257 38.5 39.0
2001 3,141 48.1 48.0 309 48.5 48.0 258 42.7 44.0
2002 3,170 48.8 49.0 249 47.9 48.0 238 43.7 44.0
2003 3,151 49.2 49.0 313 48.6 48.0 291 42.3 44.0
2004 3,162 49.3 50.0 306 50.1 51.0 277 40.2 41.0
2005 3,163 49.2 50.0 365 50.8 52.0 345 40.8 42.0
2006 3,159 49.5 51.0 294 49.5 51.0 290 40.3 42.0
2007 3,185 49.5 51.0 356 48.9 51.0 347 39.9 41.0
2008 3,146 49.6 51.0 336 49.8 52.0 314 40.5 42.0
2009 3,170 49.8 52.0 307 48.2 50.0 314 40.0 40.0
2010 3,149 49.9 52.0 380 50.5 53.0 328 41.1 41.0
2011 3,158 49.9 52.0 344 49.2 52.0 355 40.6 40.0
2012 3,103 50.1 53.0 312 49.0 51.0 292 41.1 38.0
2013 3,083 49.9 53.0 351 50.4 52.0 336 38.2 34.0
2014 3,066 50.2 53.5 303 48.7 51.0 279 39.5 35.0
2015 3,085 50.5 54.0 237 49.5 53.0 228 40.1 35.5
2016 3,105 50.9 54.0 293 45.0 46.0 287 39.6 35.0
2017 3,089 51.4 55.0 338 46.3 46.5 304 40.8 38.0
2018 3,072 51.5 55.0 310 50.0 52.5 281 40.2 34.0
2019 3,049 51.5 55.0 312 49.8 51.0 282 39.8 37.0

Transferable permits exclude foreclosed permits.
Transferor count represents numbers of transfers from a resident type.
Transfer recipient count represents numbers of transfers to a resident type.
Mean ages may be based on fewer observations than the number of permits due to missing birthdate data.