Changes in the Distribution of Alaska's Commercial Fisheries Entry Permits, 1975-2025
Table 3-04. Numbers of Intra-Cohort and Cross-Cohort Permit Transfers By Permit Type, 1975-2025

  Intra Cohort Cross Cohort  
Year Permits First Issued Fishery Count Percentage Count Percentage Total Transfers
1975 Statewide Salmon Power Troll (S15B) 1,930 52.4% 1,751 47.6% 3,681
1975 Southeast Salmon Purse Seine (S01A) 867 63.8% 493 36.3% 1,360
1975 Southeast Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03A) 1,284 58.2% 923 41.8% 2,207
1975 Yakutat Salmon Set Gillnet (S04D) 478 61.8% 296 38.2% 774
1975 Prince William Sound Salmon Purse Seine (S01E) 719 56.3% 557 43.7% 1,276
1975 Prince William Sound Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03E) 1,110 50.3% 1,096 49.7% 2,206
1975 Prince William Sound Salmon Set Gillnet (S04E) 101 62.3% 61 37.7% 162
1975 Cook Inlet Salmon Purse Seine (S01H) 228 71.3% 92 28.8% 320
1975 Cook Inlet Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03H) 1,732 62.2% 1,053 37.8% 2,785
1975 Cook Inlet Salmon Set Gillnet (S04H) 2,038 60.7% 1,320 39.3% 3,358
1975 Kodiak Salmon Purse Seine (S01K) 782 51.2% 745 48.8% 1,527
1975 Kodiak Salmon Beach Seine (S02K) 93 56.0% 73 44.0% 166
1975 Kodiak Salmon Set Gillnet (S04K) 772 55.8% 612 44.2% 1,384
1975 Chignik Salmon Purse Seine (S01L) 132 52.8% 118 47.2% 250
1975 AK Peninsula Salmon Purse Seine (S01M) 254 59.2% 175 40.8% 429
1975 AK Peninsula Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03M) 440 59.3% 302 40.7% 742
1975 AK Peninsula Salmon Set Gillnet (S04M) 343 62.4% 207 37.6% 550
1975 Bristol Bay Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03T) 5,299 66.2% 2,701 33.8% 8,000
1975 Bristol Bay Salmon Set Gillnet (S04T) 2,943 62.7% 1,751 37.3% 4,694
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1975 21,545 59.2% 14,326 40.8% 35,871
             
1976 Kuskokwim Salmon Gillnet (S04W) 1,305 79.8% 330 20.2% 1,635
1976 Lower Yukon Salmon Gillnet (S04Y) 1,257 77.2% 372 22.8% 1,629
1976 Upper Yukon Salmon Gillnet (S04P) 74 58.3% 53 41.7% 127
1976 Upper Yukon Salmon Fish Wheel (S08P) 206 68.7% 94 31.3% 300
1976 Norton Sound Salmon Gillnet (S04Z) 459 81.5% 104 18.5% 563
1976 Kotzebue Salmon Gillnet (S04X) 445 81.1% 104 18.9% 549
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1976 3,746 74.4% 1,057 25.6% 4,803
             
1977-1978 Southeast Herring Roe Purse Seine (G01A) 67 47.9% 73 52.1% 140
1977-1978 Prince William Sound Herring Roe Purse Seine (G01E) 128 54.0% 109 46.0% 237
1977-1978 Cook Inlet Herring Roe & Food/Bait Purse Seine (G01H) 99 58.2% 71 41.8% 170
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1977-1978 294 53.4% 253 46.6% 547
             
1980-1987 Statewide Salmon Hand Troll (S05B) 1,941 57.1% 1,460 42.9% 3,401
1980-1987 Southeast Herring Roe & Fd/Bt Gillnet (G34A) 188 56.6% 144 43.4% 332
1980-1987 Prince William Sound Herring Roe Gillnet (G34E) 28 59.6% 19 40.4% 47
1980-1987 Kodiak Herring Roe Purse Seine (G01K) 56 38.4% 90 61.6% 146
1980-1987 Kodiak Herring Roe Gillnet (G34K) 117 53.4% 102 46.6% 219
1980-1987 Kodiak Herring Roe Gillnet & Purse Seine (G31K) 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1980-1987 2,330 53.0% 1,815 47.0% 4,145
             
1988-1992 Northern Southeast Sablefish Longline (C61A) 68 52.3% 62 47.7% 130
1988-1992 Southern Southeast Sablefish Longline (C61C) 20 57.1% 15 42.9% 35
1988-1992 Southern Southeast Sablefish Pot Gear (C91C) 0 0.0% 1 100.0% 1
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue King Crab Pot Gear (K19A) 16 72.7% 6 27.3% 22
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue/Brown King Crab Pot Gear (K29A) 8 88.9% 1 11.1% 9
1988-1992 Southeast Brown King Crab Pot Gear (K39A) 9 60.0% 6 40.0% 15
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue King/Tanner Crab Pot Gear (K49A) 21 61.8% 13 38.2% 34
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue/Brown King/Tanner Crab Pot Gear (K69A) 34 69.4% 15 30.6% 49
1988-1992 Southeast Tanner Crab Pot Gear (T19A) 25 44.6% 31 55.4% 56
1988-1992 Prince William Sound Herring Spawn On Kelp Pound (L21E) 70 39.5% 107 60.5% 177
1988-1992 Bristol Bay Herring Spawn On Kelp Hand Pick (L12T) 105 80.2% 26 19.8% 131
1988-1992 Nelson Island Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34N) 57 75.0% 19 25.0% 76
1988-1992 Nunivak Island Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34U) 14 77.8% 4 22.2% 18
1988-1992 Cape Romanzof Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34Y) 53 96.4% 2 3.6% 55
1988-1992 Norton Sound Herring Roe Beach Seine (G02Z) 0 0.0% 2 100.0% 2
1988-1992 Norton Sound Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34Z) 224 57.1% 168 42.9% 392
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1988-1992 724 58.3% 478 41.7% 1,202
             
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) 86 59.3% 59 40.7% 145
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 225 Pots/Or 75% Of Max (D9BA) 106 56.1% 83 43.9% 189
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 150 Pots/Or 50% Of Max (D9CA) 224 60.4% 147 39.6% 371
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 75 Pots/Or 25% Of Max (D9DA) 242 55.6% 193 44.4% 435
1997 Cook Inlet Dungeness Crab Ring Net (D10H) 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0
1997 Cook Inlet Dungeness Crab Pot Gear (D91H) 22 66.7% 11 33.3% 33
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1997 680 59.6% 493 40.4% 1,173
             
1998 Northern Southeast Herring Spawn On Kelp Pound (L21A) 93 47.2% 104 52.8% 197
1998 Southern Southeast Herring Spawn On Kelp Pound (L21C) 184 55.4% 148 44.6% 332
1998 Southeast Shrimp Pot Gear (P91A) 166 45.6% 198 54.4% 364
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) 5 83.3% 1 16.7% 6
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 50' (C5CE) 37 43.5% 48 56.5% 85
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 35' (C5DE) 16 42.1% 22 57.9% 38
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1998 501 52.9% 521 47.1% 1,022
             
1999-2002 Southeast Brown King/Tanner Crab Pot Gear (K59A) 3 50.0% 3 50.0% 6
1999-2002 Southeast Shrimp Beam Trawl (P17A) 25 54.3% 21 45.7% 46
1999-2002 Southeast Sea Urchin Diving Gear (U11A) 74 49.3% 76 50.7% 150
1999-2002 Southeast Geoduck Clams Diving Gear (J11A) 52 53.6% 45 46.4% 97
1999-2002 Southeast Sea Cucumber Diving Gear (Q11A) 162 42.9% 216 57.1% 378
1999-2002 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 60' (C5BE) 2 33.3% 4 66.7% 6
1999-2002 Kodiak Herring Food/Bait Purse Seine, Fixed VL Length To 60' (H1DK) 5 83.3% 1 16.7% 6
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) 35 83.3% 7 16.7% 42
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1999-2002 358 56.3% 373 43.7% 731
             
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) 27 62.8% 16 37.2% 43
2003-2004 Kodiak Tanner Bairdi Crab Pot Gear VL Under 60' (TB9BK) 88 50.6% 86 49.4% 174
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 2003-2004 115 56.7% 102 43.3% 217
             
  Statewide Totals 30,293 58.7% 19,418 41.3% 49,711

The number of transfers includes 359 permit foreclosures and 355 subsequent transfers of these permits. In this table these are counted as cross-cohort transfers.
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.