Changes in the Distribution of Alaska's Commercial Fisheries Entry Permits, 1975-2021
Table 9-02. Permit Cancellations by Permit Type, 1975-2021

  Sum of Initially Issued Permits Permit Holdings at Year-end 2021 Sum of Cancelled Permits
Year Permits First Issued Fishery Non-transferable Transferable Total Non-transferable Transferable Total Non-transferable Transferable Total
1975 Statewide Salmon Power Troll (S15B) 0 972 972 0 957 957 0 20 20
1975 Southeast Salmon Purse Seine (S01A) 0 419 419 0 278 278 1 142 143
1975 Southeast Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03A) 0 475 475 0 473 473 0 3 3
1975 Yakutat Salmon Set Gillnet (S04D) 0 172 172 0 166 166 0 13 13
1975 Prince William Sound Salmon Purse Seine (S01E) 0 267 267 0 267 267 0 2 2
1975 Prince William Sound Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03E) 0 537 537 0 535 535 0 4 4
1975 Prince William Sound Salmon Set Gillnet (S04E) 1 29 30 0 28 28 1 1 2
1975 Cook Inlet Salmon Purse Seine (S01H) 0 85 85 0 84 84 0 4 4
1975 Cook Inlet Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03H) 0 573 573 0 567 567 1 6 7
1975 Cook Inlet Salmon Set Gillnet (S04H) 0 746 746 0 730 730 0 19 19
1975 Kodiak Salmon Purse Seine (S01K) 0 384 384 0 370 370 0 21 21
1975 Kodiak Salmon Beach Seine (S02K) 4 32 36 0 29 29 3 4 7
1975 Kodiak Salmon Set Gillnet (S04K) 0 188 188 0 188 188 0 0 0
1975 Chignik Salmon Purse Seine (S01L) 0 91 91 0 89 89 0 2 2
1975 AK Peninsula Salmon Purse Seine (S01M) 0 121 121 0 119 119 0 4 4
1975 AK Peninsula Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03M) 0 162 162 0 161 161 0 1 1
1975 AK Peninsula Salmon Set Gillnet (S04M) 0 116 116 0 111 111 0 5 5
1975 Bristol Bay Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03T) 0 1,875 1,875 0 1,862 1,862 1 26 27
1975 Bristol Bay Salmon Set Gillnet (S04T) 158 883 1,041 49 915 964 67 17 84
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1975 163 8,127 8,290 49 7,929 7,978 74 294 368
                     
1976 Kuskokwim Salmon Gillnet (S04W) 0 839 839 0 705 705 0 165 165
1976 Lower Yukon Salmon Gillnet (S04Y) 0 712 712 0 625 625 1 99 100
1976 Upper Yukon Salmon Gillnet (S04P) 1 74 75 0 43 43 0 32 32
1976 Upper Yukon Salmon Fish Wheel (S08P) 0 165 165 0 88 88 0 83 83
1976 Norton Sound Salmon Gillnet (S04Z) 0 205 205 0 183 183 0 71 71
1976 Kotzebue Salmon Gillnet (S04X) 0 220 220 0 158 158 0 79 79
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1976 1 2,215 2,216 0 1,802 1,802 1 529 530
                     
1977-1978 Southeast Herring Roe Purse Seine (G01A) 0 47 47 0 47 47 0 1 1
1977-1978 Prince William Sound Herring Roe Purse Seine (G01E) 0 105 105 0 105 105 0 0 0
1977-1978 Cook Inlet Herring Roe & Food/Bait Purse Seine (G01H) 0 75 75 0 75 75 0 0 0
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1977-1978 0 227 227 0 227 227 0 1 1
                     
1980-1987 Statewide Salmon Hand Troll (S05B) 1,457 705 2,162 178 724 902 1,204 87 1,291
1980-1987 Southeast Herring Roe & Fd/Bt Gillnet (G34A) 0 111 111 0 111 111 0 0 0
1980-1987 Prince William Sound Herring Roe Gillnet (G34E) 0 24 24 0 24 24 0 0 0
1980-1987 Kodiak Herring Roe Purse Seine (G01K) 28 57 85 6 57 63 22 1 23
1980-1987 Kodiak Herring Roe Gillnet (G34K) 38 81 119 2 75 77 34 9 43
1980-1987 Kodiak Herring Roe Gillnet & Purse Seine (G31K) 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 0
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1980-1987 1,524 979 2,503 187 992 1,179 1,260 97 1,357
                     
1988-1992 Northern Southeast Sablefish Longline (C61A) 0 73 73 0 73 73 0 0 0
1988-1992 Southern Southeast Sablefish Longline (C61C) 4 15 19 4 15 19 0 0 0
1988-1992 Southern Southeast Sablefish Pot Gear (C91C) 1 2 3 1 2 3 0 0 0
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue King Crab Pot Gear (K19A) 0 9 9 0 9 9 0 0 0
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue/Brown King Crab Pot Gear (K29A) 2 5 7 0 5 5 2 0 2
1988-1992 Southeast Brown King Crab Pot Gear (K39A) 7 5 12 3 5 8 4 0 4
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue King/Tanner Crab Pot Gear (K49A) 0 15 15 0 15 15 0 0 0
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue/Brown King/Tanner Crab Pot Gear (K69A) 2 27 29 2 27 29 0 0 0
1988-1992 Southeast Tanner Crab Pot Gear (T19A) 9 23 32 3 23 26 6 0 6
1988-1992 Prince William Sound Herring Spawn On Kelp Pound (L21E) 1 127 128 0 128 128 0 1 1
1988-1992 Bristol Bay Herring Spawn On Kelp Hand Pick (L12T) 0 291 291 0 261 261 0 30 30
1988-1992 Nelson Island Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34N) 20 158 178 18 107 125 2 53 55
1988-1992 Nunivak Island Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34U) 10 54 64 0 8 8 10 46 56
1988-1992 Cape Romanzof Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34Y) 14 92 106 3 47 50 12 56 68
1988-1992 Norton Sound Herring Roe Beach Seine (G02Z) 0 9 9 0 8 8 0 1 1
1988-1992 Norton Sound Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34Z) 0 310 310 0 259 259 0 56 56
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1988-1992 70 1,215 1,285 34 992 1,026 36 243 279
                     
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab Ring Net (D10A) 8 0 8 2 0 2 6 0 6
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab Diving Gear (D11A) 3 0 3 2 0 2 2 0 2
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 300 Pots/Or 100% Of Max (D9AA) 0 52 52 0 49 49 0 3 3
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 225 Pots/Or 75% Of Max (D9BA) 2 46 48 0 43 43 1 5 6
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 150 Pots/Or 50% Of Max (D9CA) 5 83 88 4 79 83 1 5 6
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 75 Pots/Or 25% Of Max (D9DA) 55 72 127 23 71 94 33 1 34
1997 Cook Inlet Dungeness Crab Ring Net (D10H) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1997 Cook Inlet Dungeness Crab Pot Gear (D91H) 12 59 71 9 59 68 3 0 3
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1997 86 312 398 40 301 341 47 14 61
                     
1998 Northern Southeast Herring Spawn On Kelp Pound (L21A) 0 112 112 0 111 111 0 1 1
1998 Southern Southeast Herring Spawn On Kelp Pound (L21C) 56 153 209 14 147 161 43 7 50
1998 Southeast Shrimp Pot Gear (P91A) 157 155 312 69 153 222 89 3 92
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Net Gear Max VL Length 50' (C4CE) 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 90' (C5AE) 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 50' (C5CE) 0 40 40 0 37 37 0 3 3
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 35' (C5DE) 0 16 16 0 15 15 0 2 2
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1998 213 479 692 83 466 549 132 16 148
                     
1999-2002 Southeast Brown King/Tanner Crab Pot Gear (K59A) 2 4 6 0 4 4 2 0 2
1999-2002 Southeast Shrimp Beam Trawl (P17A) 15 27 42 7 26 33 8 1 9
1999-2002 Southeast Sea Urchin Diving Gear (U11A) 1 82 83 0 54 54 1 30 31
1999-2002 Southeast Geoduck Clams Diving Gear (J11A) 62 50 112 29 49 78 35 1 36
1999-2002 Southeast Sea Cucumber Diving Gear (Q11A) 233 156 389 87 155 242 149 1 150
1999-2002 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 60' (C5BE) 0 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0
1999-2002 Kodiak Herring Food/Bait Purse Seine, Fixed VL Length To 60' (H1DK) 0 5 5 0 5 5 0 0 0
1999-2002 Kodiak Herring Food/Bait Otter Trawl, Fixed VL Length To 75' (H7BK) 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
1999-2002 Kodiak Herring Food/Bait Otter Trawl, Fixed VL Length To 70' (H7CK) 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
1999-2002 Kodiak Herring Food/Bait Otter Trawl, Fixed VL Length To 60' (H7DK) 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0
1999-2002 Goodnews Bay Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34W) 6 176 182 0 92 92 6 89 95
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1999-2002 319 507 826 123 392 515 201 122 323
                     
2003-2004 Southeast Shrimp Otter Trawl (P07A) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
2003-2004 Kodiak Tanner Bairdi Crab Pot Gear VL To 120' (TB9AK) 8 35 43 6 35 41 2 0 2
2003-2004 Kodiak Tanner Bairdi Crab Pot Gear VL Under 60' (TB9BK) 7 131 138 7 130 137 0 2 2
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 2003-2004 16 166 182 14 165 179 2 2 4
                     
  Overall Total 2,392 14,227 16,619 530 13,266 13,796 1,753 1,318 3,071