Commercial Crew Member Data from CFEC Permits, 2012-2017

The Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission (CFEC) is an independent, autonomous agency of the State of Alaska which regulates entry into Alaska's commercial fisheries. The CFEC is committed to promoting conservation and sustained-yield management of Alaska's unique fishery resources and boosting economic stability among fishermen and their dependents. The CFEC is responsible for leasing all commercial fishing permits including permits for limited-entry fisheries. Limited-entry fisheries include all state salmon fisheries, most herring fisheries, and various other fisheries. A person engaged in commercial fishing is considered a commercial fisherman and must hold a commercial fishing license. Commercial fisherman means an individual who fishes commercially for, takes, or attempts to take fish, shellfish, or other fishery resources of the state by any means, and includes every individual aboard a boat operated for fishing purposes, or in a fishing operation, who participates directly or indirectly in the taking of these raw fishery products, whether participation is on shares or as an employee or otherwise; however, this definition does not apply to anyone aboard a licensed vessel as a visitor or guest who does not directly or indirectly participate in the taking; and the term 'commercial fisherman' includes the crews of tenders, processors, catcher processors or other floating craft used in transporting fish. Persons who need to obtain a crew member license include persons handling fishing gear, the cook, the engineer and any crewmembers who assist at all in maintenance, navigation, docking and operation of the vessel (including taking aboard fish from tenders or catcher vessels). This dataset includes information about commercial crew members including license type, number, year, crew member name, and residence. The data included in this package has been modified slightly from what was provided by CFEC: typos with names were corrected and special characters were removed.

阿拉斯加商业渔业准入委员会（Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission，CFEC）是阿拉斯加州的独立自治机构，负责监管阿拉斯加商业渔业的市场准入。该委员会致力于保护阿拉斯加独特的渔业资源并推行可持续产量管理，同时助力渔民及其家属提升经济稳定性。CFEC负责租赁所有商业捕鱼许可，包括限定准入渔业（limited-entry fisheries）的许可。限定准入渔业涵盖全州范围内的鲑鱼渔业、多数鲱鱼渔业以及其他各类渔业。
从事商业捕鱼活动的人员即被视为商业渔民，必须持有商业捕鱼执照。商业渔民指以任何方式为阿拉斯加州的鱼类、贝类或其他渔业资源开展商业捕捞、获取或试图获取的个人，同时也包括在用于捕鱼作业的船只或捕鱼活动中，直接或间接参与获取上述原始渔业产品的所有人员——无论其参与形式为按份额分红、受雇或以其他形式；但本定义不适用于作为访客或宾客登上持证船只、且未直接或间接参与捕捞活动的人员。此外，“商业渔民”一词还包括补给船（tenders）、加工厂船、捕捞加工船（catcher processors）及其他用于运输鱼类的浮动作业船只的船员。
需要申领船员执照（crew member license）的人员包括操作捕鱼装备的人员、厨师、轮机员，以及所有协助船只维护、导航、靠泊和运营的船员（包括从补给船或捕捞船上接收渔获的人员）。
本数据集包含商业船员的相关信息，具体包括执照类型、执照编号、发证年份、船员姓名及居住地址。本数据包中的数据相较于CFEC提供的原始版本略有调整：修正了姓名中的拼写错误，并移除了特殊字符。