Changes in the Distribution of Alaska's Commercial Fisheries Entry Permits, 1975-2025
Table 3-07. Net Shifts in Resident Types Due to Migration of Permit Holders, by Permit Type, 1975-2025

Year Permits First Issued Fishery Alaska Rural Local Alaska Rural Nonlocal Alaska Urban Local Alaska Urban Nonlocal Alaska Data Missing Nonresident
1975 Statewide Salmon Power Troll (S15B) -131 4 -31 14 80 64
1975 Southeast Salmon Purse Seine (S01A) -19 6 -8 -5 4 22
1975 Southeast Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03A) 4 -10 -36 13 16 13
1975 Yakutat Salmon Set Gillnet (S04D) -38 -2 0 28 8 4
1975 Prince William Sound Salmon Purse Seine (S01E) -41 -5 0 14 10 22
1975 Prince William Sound Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03E) -77 -54 0 50 15 66
1975 Prince William Sound Salmon Set Gillnet (S04E) -2 4 0 -3 0 1
1975 Cook Inlet Salmon Purse Seine (S01H) -7 -2 1 -1 1 8
1975 Cook Inlet Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03H) -15 -2 -36 -2 24 31
1975 Cook Inlet Salmon Set Gillnet (S04H) -19 1 -25 -10 27 26
1975 Kodiak Salmon Purse Seine (S01K) -30 16 -75 16 17 56
1975 Kodiak Salmon Beach Seine (S02K) -11 -1 4 4 2 2
1975 Kodiak Salmon Set Gillnet (S04K) -22 3 -43 13 18 31
1975 Chignik Salmon Purse Seine (S01L) -4 -4 0 0 0 8
1975 AK Peninsula Salmon Purse Seine (S01M) -18 4 0 8 6 0
1975 AK Peninsula Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03M) -11 -7 0 0 2 16
1975 AK Peninsula Salmon Set Gillnet (S04M) -38 3 0 25 0 10
1975 Bristol Bay Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03T) -96 -43 0 -10 1 148
1975 Bristol Bay Salmon Set Gillnet (S04T) -172 -9 0 50 32 99
  Net Shifts 1975 to 2025 -747 -98 -249 204 263 627
               
1976 Kuskokwim Salmon Gillnet (S04W) -85 19 7 46 6 7
1976 Lower Yukon Salmon Gillnet (S04Y) -161 44 0 101 11 5
1976 Upper Yukon Salmon Gillnet (S04P) -27 1 12 10 2 2
1976 Upper Yukon Salmon Fish Wheel (S08P) -41 6 18 7 4 6
1976 Norton Sound Salmon Gillnet (S04Z) -46 11 0 34 2 -1
1976 Kotzebue Salmon Gillnet (S04X) -56 5 0 38 5 8
  Net Shifts 1976 to 2025 -416 86 37 236 30 27
               
1977-1978 Southeast Herring Roe Purse Seine (G01A) -4 -1 1 -1 0 5
1977-1978 Prince William Sound Herring Roe Purse Seine (G01E) -15 -7 0 -3 3 22
1977-1978 Cook Inlet Herring Roe & Food/Bait Purse Seine (G01H) -9 3 6 -17 0 17
  Net Shifts 1977 to 2025 -28 -5 7 -21 3 44
               
1980-1987 Statewide Salmon Hand Troll (S05B) -178 15 -39 45 73 84
1980-1987 Southeast Herring Roe & Fd/Bt Gillnet (G34A) -9 0 -6 0 5 10
1980-1987 Prince William Sound Herring Roe Gillnet (G34E) -11 0 0 4 3 4
1980-1987 Kodiak Herring Roe Purse Seine (G01K) -8 2 -12 1 1 16
1980-1987 Kodiak Herring Roe Gillnet (G34K) -3 -2 -6 2 -1 10
1980-1987 Kodiak Herring Roe Gillnet & Purse Seine (G31K) 0 0 0 0 -1 1
  Net Shifts 1980 to 2025 -209 15 -63 52 80 125
               
1988-1992 Northern Southeast Sablefish Longline (C61A) -9 -1 -2 4 -2 10
1988-1992 Southern Southeast Sablefish Longline (C61C) -2 0 -1 0 0 3
1988-1992 Southern Southeast Sablefish Pot Gear (C91C) 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue King Crab Pot Gear (K19A) 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue/Brown King Crab Pot Gear (K29A) 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988-1992 Southeast Brown King Crab Pot Gear (K39A) -1 0 0 0 0 1
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue King/Tanner Crab Pot Gear (K49A) -1 0 -2 1 0 2
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue/Brown King/Tanner Crab Pot Gear (K69A) -1 0 -1 0 0 2
1988-1992 Southeast Tanner Crab Pot Gear (T19A) 3 0 -4 0 -1 2
1988-1992 Prince William Sound Herring Spawn On Kelp Pound (L21E) -30 -6 0 6 10 20
1988-1992 Bristol Bay Herring Spawn On Kelp Hand Pick (L12T) -37 7 0 21 2 7
1988-1992 Nelson Island Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34N) -14 0 0 12 0 2
1988-1992 Nunivak Island Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34U) -5 -1 0 5 0 1
1988-1992 Cape Romanzof Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34Y) -3 2 0 1 0 0
1988-1992 Norton Sound Herring Roe Beach Seine (G02Z) 0 -1 0 0 0 1
1988-1992 Norton Sound Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34Z) -9 -19 0 17 2 9
  Net Shifts 1988 to 2025 -109 -19 -10 67 11 60
               
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab Ring Net (D10A) -1 0 1 0 0 0
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab Diving Gear (D11A) -1 0 -1 1 1 0
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 300 Pots/Or 100% Of Max (D9AA) -3 1 -3 0 1 4
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 225 Pots/Or 75% Of Max (D9BA) -6 0 1 1 -1 5
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 150 Pots/Or 50% Of Max (D9CA) -4 0 2 4 3 -5
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 75 Pots/Or 25% Of Max (D9DA) -14 -1 3 2 9 1
1997 Cook Inlet Dungeness Crab Ring Net (D10H) 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 Cook Inlet Dungeness Crab Pot Gear (D91H) -10 -2 5 0 3 4
  Net Shifts 1997 to 2025 -39 -2 8 8 16 9
               
1998 Northern Southeast Herring Spawn On Kelp Pound (L21A) -13 0 -8 2 -2 21
1998 Southern Southeast Herring Spawn On Kelp Pound (L21C) -37 -1 6 0 -1 33
1998 Southeast Shrimp Pot Gear (P91A) -19 -3 -13 9 10 16
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Net Gear Max VL Length 50' (C4CE) 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 90' (C5AE) 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 50' (C5CE) -5 3 0 -5 1 6
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 35' (C5DE) -2 2 0 1 -1 0
  Net Shifts 1998 to 2025 -76 1 -15 7 7 76
               
1999-2002 Southeast Brown King/Tanner Crab Pot Gear (K59A) -1 0 1 0 0 0
1999-2002 Southeast Shrimp Beam Trawl (P17A) -3 0 0 1 1 1
1999-2002 Southeast Sea Urchin Diving Gear (U11A) -5 1 8 -1 8 -11
1999-2002 Southeast Geoduck Clams Diving Gear (J11A) -3 0 6 0 2 -5
1999-2002 Southeast Sea Cucumber Diving Gear (Q11A) 1 4 -15 3 7 0
1999-2002 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 60' (C5BE) 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999-2002 Kodiak Herring Food/Bait Purse Seine, Fixed VL Length To 60' (H1DK) 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999-2002 Kodiak Herring Food/Bait Otter Trawl, Fixed VL Length To 75' (H7BK) 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
1999-2002 Kodiak Herring Food/Bait Otter Trawl, Fixed VL Length To 60' (H7DK) 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999-2002 Goodnews Bay Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34W) 0 -11 0 10 0 1
  Net Shifts 1999 to 2025 -11 -6 0 13 18 -14
               
2003-2004 Southeast Shrimp Otter Trawl (P07A) 0 0 0 0 -1 1
2003-2004 Kodiak Tanner Bairdi Crab Pot Gear VL To 120' (TB9AK) 0 1 -3 0 1 1
2003-2004 Kodiak Tanner Bairdi Crab Pot Gear VL Under 60' (TB9BK) 2 3 -18 5 3 5
  Net Shifts 2003 to 2025 2 4 -21 5 3 7
               
  Total Net Shifts 1975-2025 -1633 -24 -306 571 431 961

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