Changes in the Distribution of Alaska's Commercial Fisheries Entry Permits, 1975-2025
Table 2-02. Permit Transfer Activity by Permit Type, 1975-2025

  Sum of Annual Permit Counts 1975-2025  
Year First Permits Issued Fishery Total Permanent Total Transferable Cumulative Number of Transfers from Initial Issuees Ratio of Transfers from Initial Issuees to Sum of Annual Transferable Permit Counts Cumulative Number of Transfers Ratio of Transfers to Sum of Annual Transferable Permit Counts
1975 Statewide Salmon Power Troll (S15B) 48,453 48,453 951 2% 3,681 8%
1975 Southeast Salmon Purse Seine (S01A) 19,348 19,348 400 2% 1,360 7%
1975 Southeast Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03A) 23,929 23,929 461 2% 2,207 9%
1975 Yakutat Salmon Set Gillnet (S04D) 8,438 8,438 158 2% 774 9%
1975 Prince William Sound Salmon Purse Seine (S01E) 13,423 13,423 265 2% 1,276 10%
1975 Prince William Sound Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03E) 27,245 27,245 505 2% 2,206 8%
1975 Prince William Sound Salmon Set Gillnet (S04E) 1,489 1,453 29 2% 162 11%
1975 Cook Inlet Salmon Purse Seine (S01H) 4,107 4,107 84 2% 320 8%
1975 Cook Inlet Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03H) 28,605 28,605 560 2% 2,785 10%
1975 Cook Inlet Salmon Set Gillnet (S04H) 37,601 37,601 711 2% 3,358 9%
1975 Kodiak Salmon Purse Seine (S01K) 19,146 19,146 372 2% 1,527 8%
1975 Kodiak Salmon Beach Seine (S02K) 1,611 1,562 32 2% 166 11%
1975 Kodiak Salmon Set Gillnet (S04K) 9,495 9,495 182 2% 1,384 15%
1975 Chignik Salmon Purse Seine (S01L) 4,590 4,590 84 2% 250 5%
1975 AK Peninsula Salmon Purse Seine (S01M) 6,036 6,036 116 2% 429 7%
1975 AK Peninsula Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03M) 8,125 8,125 160 2% 742 9%
1975 AK Peninsula Salmon Set Gillnet (S04M) 5,665 5,665 113 2% 550 10%
1975 Bristol Bay Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03T) 92,040 92,040 1,844 2% 8,000 9%
1975 Bristol Bay Salmon Set Gillnet (S04T) 49,003 45,241 886 2% 4,694 10%
1975 Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1975 408,349 404,502 7,913 2% 35,871 9%
1976 Kuskokwim Salmon Gillnet (S04W) 38,667 38,667 730 2% 1,634 4%
1976 Lower Yukon Salmon Gillnet (S04Y) 34,026 34,026 642 2% 1,628 5%
1976 Upper Yukon Salmon Gillnet (S04P) 2,995 2,995 54 2% 126 4%
1976 Upper Yukon Salmon Fish Wheel (S08P) 6,203 6,203 130 2% 300 5%
1976 Norton Sound Salmon Gillnet (S04Z) 9,229 9,229 188 2% 562 6%
1976 Kotzebue Salmon Gillnet (S04X) 9,175 9,175 194 2% 549 6%
1976 Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1976 100,295 100,295 1,938 2% 4,799 5%
1977-1978 Southeast Herring Roe Purse Seine (G01A) 2,203 2,203 46 2% 140 6%
1977-1978 Prince William Sound Herring Roe Purse Seine (G01E) 5,009 5,009 90 2% 237 5%
1977-1978 Cook Inlet Herring Roe & Food/Bait Purse Seine (G01H) 3,586 3,586 62 2% 170 5%
1977-1978 Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1977-1978 10,798 10,798 198 2% 547 5%
1980-1987 Statewide Salmon Hand Troll (S05B) 56,820 32,820 739 2% 3,401 10%
1980-1987 Southeast Herring Roe & Fd/Bt Gillnet (G34A) 4,703 4,703 96 2% 332 7%
1980-1987 Prince William Sound Herring Roe Gillnet (G34E) 1,056 1,056 22 2% 47 4%
1980-1987 Kodiak Herring Roe Purse Seine (G01K) 2,599 2,170 50 2% 146 7%
1980-1987 Kodiak Herring Roe Gillnet (G34K) 3,471 3,126 77 2% 219 7%
1980-1987 Kodiak Herring Roe Gillnet & Purse Seine (G31K) 73 39 0 0% 0 0%
1980-1987 Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1980-1987 68,722 43,914 984 2% 4,145 9%
1988-1992 Northern Southeast Sablefish Longline (C61A) 1,969 1,969 60 3% 130 7%
1988-1992 Southern Southeast Sablefish Longline (C61C) 367 330 13 4% 35 11%
1988-1992 Southern Southeast Sablefish Pot Gear (C91C) 74 56 1 2% 1 2%
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue King Crab Pot Gear (K19A) 155 155 8 5% 22 14%
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue/Brown King Crab Pot Gear (K29A) 137 122 5 4% 9 7%
1988-1992 Southeast Brown King Crab Pot Gear (K39A) 197 131 5 4% 15 11%
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue King/Tanner Crab Pot Gear (K49A) 429 429 14 3% 34 8%
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue/Brown King/Tanner Crab Pot Gear (K69A) 828 793 25 3% 49 6%
1988-1992 Southeast Tanner Crab Pot Gear (T19A) 599 537 19 4% 56 10%
1988-1992 Prince William Sound Herring Spawn On Kelp Pound (L21E) 4,862 4,862 92 2% 177 4%
1988-1992 Bristol Bay Herring Spawn On Kelp Hand Pick (L12T) 9,137 9,137 108 1% 131 1%
1988-1992 Nelson Island Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34N) 4,578 4,260 56 1% 76 2%
1988-1992 Nunivak Island Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34U) 1,162 1,114 14 1% 18 2%
1988-1992 Cape Romanzof Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34Y) 2,190 2,111 40 2% 55 3%
1988-1992 Norton Sound Herring Roe Beach Seine (G02Z) 192 192 2 1% 2 1%
1988-1992 Norton Sound Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34Z) 9,036 9,036 194 2% 392 4%
1988-1992 Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1988-1992 35,912 35,234 656 2% 1,202 3%
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab Ring Net (D10A) 99 0 0 0% 0 0%
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab Diving Gear (D11A) 60 0 0 0% 0 0%
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 300 Pots/Or 100% Of Max (D9AA) 1,426 1,426 45 3% 145 10%
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 225 Pots/Or 75% Of Max (D9BA) 1,263 1,246 43 3% 189 15%
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 150 Pots/Or 50% Of Max (D9CA) 2,395 2,318 80 3% 371 16%
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 75 Pots/Or 25% Of Max (D9DA) 2,831 2,017 69 3% 435 22%
1997 Cook Inlet Dungeness Crab Ring Net (D10H) 6 0 0 0% 0 0%
1997 Cook Inlet Dungeness Crab Pot Gear (D91H) 2,008 1,711 22 1% 33 2%
1997 Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1997 10,088 8,718 259 3% 1,173 13%
1998 Northern Southeast Herring Spawn On Kelp Pound (L21A) 2,949 2,949 86 3% 197 7%
1998 Southern Southeast Herring Spawn On Kelp Pound (L21C) 4,874 4,132 127 3% 332 8%
1998 Southeast Shrimp Pot Gear (P91A) 6,969 4,271 136 3% 364 9%
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Net Gear Max VL Length 50' (C4CE) 28 28 0 0% 0 0%
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 90' (C5AE) 40 40 2 5% 6 15%
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 50' (C5CE) 933 933 31 3% 85 9%
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 35' (C5DE) 320 320 14 4% 38 12%
1998 Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1998 16,113 12,673 396 3% 1,022 8%
1999-2002 Southeast Brown King/Tanner Crab Pot Gear (K59A) 97 88 4 5% 6 7%
1999-2002 Southeast Shrimp Beam Trawl (P17A) 690 609 21 3% 46 8%
1999-2002 Southeast Sea Urchin Diving Gear (U11A) 1,652 1,650 60 4% 150 9%
1999-2002 Southeast Geoduck Clams Diving Gear (J11A) 1,975 1,212 38 3% 97 8%
1999-2002 Southeast Sea Cucumber Diving Gear (Q11A) 7,152 3,881 129 3% 378 10%
1999-2002 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 60' (C5BE) 63 63 3 5% 6 10%
1999-2002 Kodiak Herring Food/Bait Purse Seine, Fixed VL Length To 60' (H1DK) 120 120 4 3% 6 5%
1999-2002 Kodiak Herring Food/Bait Otter Trawl, Fixed VL Length To 75' (H7BK) 24 24 0 0% 0 0%
1999-2002 Kodiak Herring Food/Bait Otter Trawl, Fixed VL Length To 70' (H7CK) 24 24 0 0% 0 0%
1999-2002 Kodiak Herring Food/Bait Otter Trawl, Fixed VL Length To 60' (H7DK) 48 48 0 0% 0 0%
1999-2002 Goodnews Bay Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34W) 3,149 3,126 35 1% 42 1%
1999-2002 Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1999-2002 14,994 10,845 294 3% 731 7%
2003-2004 Southeast Shrimp Otter Trawl (P07A) 23 0 0 0% 0 0%
2003-2004 Kodiak Tanner Bairdi Crab Pot Gear VL To 120' (TB9AK) 840 739 23 3% 43 6%
2003-2004 Kodiak Tanner Bairdi Crab Pot Gear VL Under 60' (TB9BK) 2,871 2,760 97 4% 174 6%
2003-2004 Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 2003-2004 3,734 3,499 120 3% 217 6%

Totals for fisheries with permits first issued in a given year are the total number of permits at the end of each year, summed over the entire period, for those fisheries.
The number of transfers includes permit foreclosures and subsequent transfers of these permits.
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.