Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission Permit Earnings, 1975-2016

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. Annual permit earnings from 1975-2016 have been aggregated by community of residence of the permit holder. The data also includes the number of fish caught by species, the number of people utilizing permits, the number of permits issued, the number of fish processors used, and the number of vessels used. If there are fewer than 3 of either permits, vessels, or processors for any row, that row is confidential. For data prior to 1984, there is not sufficient processor data to include a processor count, so the coding defaults to if there are at less than 3 people/permits, then the data are confidential. The data included in this package have been modified slightly from what was provided by CFEC by replacing internal clade codes with more readily understandable species names.