Changes in the Distribution of Alaska's Commercial Fisheries Entry Permits, 1975-2022
Table 3-05. Net Shifts in Resident Types Due to Permit Transfer Activity by Permit Type, 1975-2022

Year Permits First Issued Fishery Alaska Rural Local Alaska Rural Nonlocal Alaska Urban Local Alaska Urban Nonlocal Alaska Data Missing Nonresident DCCED/CFAB
1975 Statewide Salmon Power Troll (S15B) 143 -2 86 -6 -66 -155 0
1975 Southeast Salmon Purse Seine (S01A) -24 1 21 14 0 -12 0
1975 Southeast Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03A) 43 15 38 -8 -14 -74 0
1975 Yakutat Salmon Set Gillnet (S04D) 10 8 0 -15 -7 4 0
1975 Prince William Sound Salmon Purse Seine (S01E) -49 65 0 16 -9 -23 0
1975 Prince William Sound Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03E) -53 123 0 23 -10 -83 0
1975 Prince William Sound Salmon Set Gillnet (S04E) -15 2 0 11 0 2 0
1975 Cook Inlet Salmon Purse Seine (S01H) 0 2 2 0 -1 -3 0
1975 Cook Inlet Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03H) 91 4 -18 -1 -12 -64 0
1975 Cook Inlet Salmon Set Gillnet (S04H) 33 -8 -34 -8 -20 37 0
1975 Kodiak Salmon Purse Seine (S01K) -15 28 85 9 -10 -97 0
1975 Kodiak Salmon Beach Seine (S02K) 2 2 -6 -3 -1 6 0
1975 Kodiak Salmon Set Gillnet (S04K) -10 2 48 -4 -13 -23 0
1975 Chignik Salmon Purse Seine (S01L) 2 7 0 3 2 -15 1
1975 AK Peninsula Salmon Purse Seine (S01M) -34 5 0 12 -6 23 0
1975 AK Peninsula Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03M) -59 56 0 -2 -1 6 0
1975 AK Peninsula Salmon Set Gillnet (S04M) 14 3 0 -17 1 -1 0
1975 Bristol Bay Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03T) -324 148 0 52 12 112 0
1975 Bristol Bay Salmon Set Gillnet (S04T) -142 8 0 40 -20 114 0
  Net Shifts 1975 to 2022 -387 469 222 116 -175 -246 1
                 
1976 Kuskokwim Salmon Gillnet (S04W) 47 -13 -11 -20 -4 1 0
1976 Lower Yukon Salmon Gillnet (S04Y) 78 -39 0 -29 -8 -2 0
1976 Upper Yukon Salmon Gillnet (S04P) -3 0 5 1 -2 0 0
1976 Upper Yukon Salmon Fish Wheel (S08P) 0 -3 9 -4 -1 -1 0
1976 Norton Sound Salmon Gillnet (S04Z) 34 -7 -8 -18 -1 1 0
1976 Kotzebue Salmon Gillnet (S04X) -11 1 37 -22 -3 -2 0
  Net Shifts 1976 to 2022 145 -61 32 -92 -19 -3 0
                 
1977-1978 Southeast Herring Roe Purse Seine (G01A) -10 11 -4 6 0 -3 0
1977-1978 Prince William Sound Herring Roe Purse Seine (G01E) 9 -3 0 2 -2 -6 0
1977-1978 Cook Inlet Herring Roe & Food/Bait Purse Seine (G01H) -7 -1 -1 10 1 -2 0
  Net Shifts 1977 to 2022 -8 7 -5 18 -1 -11 0
                 
1980-1987 Statewide Salmon Hand Troll (S05B) 38 -4 -24 -16 -35 41 0
1980-1987 Southeast Herring Roe & Fd/Bt Gillnet (G34A) 18 0 -8 0 -3 -7 0
1980-1987 Prince William Sound Herring Roe Gillnet (G34E) 4 0 0 2 -2 -4 0
1980-1987 Kodiak Herring Roe Purse Seine (G01K) 3 11 -5 2 -2 -9 0
1980-1987 Kodiak Herring Roe Gillnet (G34K) 5 -6 5 -4 -2 0 2
1980-1987 Kodiak Herring Roe Gillnet & Purse Seine (G31K) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Net Shifts 1980 to 2022 68 1 -32 -16 -44 21 2
                 
1988-1992 Northern Southeast Sablefish Longline (C61A) 14 2 0 -1 -2 -13 0
1988-1992 Southern Southeast Sablefish Longline (C61C) 6 1 -1 0 0 -6 0
1988-1992 Southern Southeast Sablefish Pot Gear (C91C) 1 0 -1 0 0 0 0
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue King Crab Pot Gear (K19A) 1 0 1 0 0 -2 0
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue/Brown King Crab Pot Gear (K29A) 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0
1988-1992 Southeast Brown King Crab Pot Gear (K39A) 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue King/Tanner Crab Pot Gear (K49A) 4 0 0 -1 0 -3 0
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue/Brown King/Tanner Crab Pot Gear (K69A) 2 1 1 0 -1 -3 0
1988-1992 Southeast Tanner Crab Pot Gear (T19A) -2 -1 10 -1 0 -6 0
1988-1992 Prince William Sound Herring Spawn On Kelp Pound (L21E) -2 18 0 -1 -6 -9 0
1988-1992 Bristol Bay Herring Spawn On Kelp Hand Pick (L12T) 3 -1 0 -1 -2 1 0
1988-1992 Nelson Island Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34N) 13 -6 0 -5 0 -2 0
1988-1992 Nunivak Island Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34U) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988-1992 Cape Romanzof Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34Y) 2 -1 0 -1 0 0 0
1988-1992 Norton Sound Herring Roe Beach Seine (G02Z) 0 0 0 1 -1 0 0
1988-1992 Norton Sound Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34Z) -20 26 3 -15 -4 10 0
  Net Shifts 1988 to 2022 23 39 14 -25 -16 -35 0
                 
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) 0 0 11 0 -1 -10 0
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 225 Pots/Or 75% Of Max (D9BA) 8 0 0 -2 -1 -5 0
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 150 Pots/Or 50% Of Max (D9CA) 8 0 -7 -4 -4 7 0
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 75 Pots/Or 25% Of Max (D9DA) -4 0 3 0 -10 11 0
1997 Cook Inlet Dungeness Crab Ring Net (D10H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 Cook Inlet Dungeness Crab Pot Gear (D91H) 0 -1 1 0 -1 1 0
  Net Shifts 1997 to 2022 12 -1 8 -6 -17 4 0
                 
1998 Northern Southeast Herring Spawn On Kelp Pound (L21A) 30 -1 -16 -4 0 -10 1
1998 Southern Southeast Herring Spawn On Kelp Pound (L21C) 7 1 -2 0 0 -6 0
1998 Southeast Shrimp Pot Gear (P91A) -3 2 10 -5 -9 5 0
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) 1 0 0 -1 0 0 0
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 50' (C5CE) 7 -5 0 5 -3 -4 0
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 35' (C5DE) 3 -2 0 2 0 -3 0
  Net Shifts 1998 to 2022 45 -5 -8 -3 -12 -18 1
                 
1999-2002 Southeast Brown King/Tanner Crab Pot Gear (K59A) 1 0 1 0 0 -2 0
1999-2002 Southeast Shrimp Beam Trawl (P17A) -2 0 2 0 0 0 0
1999-2002 Southeast Sea Urchin Diving Gear (U11A) 2 -1 -4 -1 -7 11 0
1999-2002 Southeast Geoduck Clams Diving Gear (J11A) 1 0 8 0 -1 -8 0
1999-2002 Southeast Sea Cucumber Diving Gear (Q11A) -2 3 2 0 -5 2 0
1999-2002 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 60' (C5BE) 1 0 0 -2 0 1 0
1999-2002 Kodiak Herring Food/Bait Purse Seine, Fixed VL Length To 60' (H1DK) -1 0 1 0 0 0 0
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) -1 0 0 1 -1 1 0
  Net Shifts 1999 to 2022 -1 2 10 -2 -14 5 0
                 
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) 0 -1 1 -2 -1 3 0
2003-2004 Kodiak Tanner Bairdi Crab Pot Gear VL Under 60' (TB9BK) -3 13 9 -8 -2 -9 0
  Net Shifts 2003 to 2022 -3 12 10 -10 -3 -6 0
                 
  Total Net Shifts up to 2022 -106 463 251 -20 -301 -289 4

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.
DCCED/CFAB - Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development/Commercial Fishing and Agriculture Bank