Changes in the Distribution of Alaska's Commercial Fisheries Entry Permits, 1975-2025
Table 9-02. Permit Cancellations by Permit Type, 1975-2025

  Sum of Initially Issued Permits Permit Holdings at Year-end 2025 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 0 949 949 0 23 23
1975 Southeast Salmon Purse Seine (S01A) 0 419 419 0 278 278 1 140 141
1975 Southeast Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03A) 0 475 475 0 472 472 0 3 3
1975 Yakutat Salmon Set Gillnet (S04D) 0 172 172 0 165 165 0 7 7
1975 Prince William Sound Salmon Purse Seine (S01E) 0 267 267 0 267 267 0 0 0
1975 Prince William Sound Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03E) 0 537 537 0 534 534 0 3 3
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 83 83 0 2 2
1975 Cook Inlet Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03H) 0 573 573 0 562 562 1 10 11
1975 Cook Inlet Salmon Set Gillnet (S04H) 0 746 746 0 730 730 0 16 16
1975 Kodiak Salmon Purse Seine (S01K) 0 384 384 0 366 366 0 18 18
1975 Kodiak Salmon Beach Seine (S02K) 4 32 36 0 26 26 3 7 10
1975 Kodiak Salmon Set Gillnet (S04K) 0 188 188 0 186 186 0 2 2
1975 Chignik Salmon Purse Seine (S01L) 0 91 91 0 88 88 0 3 3
1975 AK Peninsula Salmon Purse Seine (S01M) 0 121 121 0 117 117 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 1,858 1,858 1 16 17
1975 Bristol Bay Salmon Set Gillnet (S04T) 158 883 1,041 39 911 950 72 18 90
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1975 163 8,127 8,290 39 7,892 7,931 79 279 358
                     
1976 Kuskokwim Salmon Gillnet (S04W) 0 839 839 0 703 703 0 135 135
1976 Lower Yukon Salmon Gillnet (S04Y) 0 712 712 0 626 626 1 85 86
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 77 77
1976 Norton Sound Salmon Gillnet (S04Z) 0 205 205 0 175 175 0 30 30
1976 Kotzebue Salmon Gillnet (S04X) 0 220 220 0 142 142 0 78 78
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1976 1 2,215 2,216 0 1,777 1,777 1 437 438
                     
1977-1978 Southeast Herring Roe Purse Seine (G01A) 0 47 47 0 47 47 0 0 0
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 0 0
                     
1980-1987 Statewide Salmon Hand Troll (S05B) 1,457 705 2,162 131 704 835 1,238 87 1,325
1980-1987 Southeast Herring Roe & Fd/Bt Gillnet (G34A) 0 111 111 0 110 110 0 1 1
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 3 57 60 25 0 25
1980-1987 Kodiak Herring Roe Gillnet (G34K) 38 81 119 2 67 69 34 16 50
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 2,503 137 963 1,100 1,297 104 1,401
                     
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 2 15 17 2 0 2
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 2 5 7 5 0 5
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 1 27 28 1 0 1
1988-1992 Southeast Tanner Crab Pot Gear (T19A) 9 23 32 2 23 25 7 0 7
1988-1992 Prince William Sound Herring Spawn On Kelp Pound (L21E) 1 127 128 0 128 128 0 0 0
1988-1992 Bristol Bay Herring Spawn On Kelp Hand Pick (L12T) 0 291 291 0 261 261 0 29 29
1988-1992 Nelson Island Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34N) 20 158 178 18 107 125 2 49 51
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 11 46 57
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 0 257 257 0 53 53
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1988-1992 70 1,215 1,285 29 990 1,019 40 224 264
                     
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 1 0 1
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 4 5
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 150 Pots/Or 50% Of Max (D9CA) 5 83 88 4 79 83 1 4 5
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 75 Pots/Or 25% Of Max (D9DA) 55 72 127 19 70 89 36 2 38
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 36 300 336 49 13 62
                     
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 11 147 158 46 5 51
1998 Southeast Shrimp Pot Gear (P91A) 157 155 312 56 152 208 101 3 104
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 14 14 0 1 1
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1998 213 479 692 67 464 531 147 13 160
                     
1999-2002 Southeast Brown King/Tanner Crab Pot Gear (K59A) 2 5 7 0 5 5 2 0 2
1999-2002 Southeast Shrimp Beam Trawl (P17A) 15 27 42 2 26 28 13 1 14
1999-2002 Southeast Sea Urchin Diving Gear (U11A) 1 82 83 0 52 52 1 30 31
1999-2002 Southeast Geoduck Clams Diving Gear (J11A) 62 50 112 23 49 72 39 1 40
1999-2002 Southeast Sea Cucumber Diving Gear (Q11A) 233 156 389 63 154 217 170 2 172
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 93 93 6 83 89
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1999-2002 319 508 827 88 391 479 231 117 348
                     
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 5 130 135 2 1 3
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 2003-2004 16 166 182 12 165 177 4 1 5
                     
  Overall Total 2,392 14,228 16,620 408 13,169 13,577 1,848 1,188 3,036