Salmon Use and Access by Community

Demographics

• Population (2016)
• % Population change (1980-2016)
• % AIAN population (2016)
• Median household income (2016)
• % of population living below poverty line (2016)

Salmon Use and Access

Commercial

• Percent of initial permit holdings (2016)
• Change in median age of salmon permit holders (1980-2016)

Subsistence

• year of survey
• % of households harvesting subsistence salmon
• % of households using subsistence salmon

Personal Use

• lbs per capita (2016)

Sport Fish

• Licenses per capita (2016)

Raw Data

Demographics

Commercial Fishing

Subsistence

Personal Use and Sport Fish

Maps

Demographics

Commercial Fishing

Some communities are not included in this map because they either had no permits in 2016, or because they had no permits in 1980.

Communities that had no permits in 2016: Atka, Cohoe, College, Eagle, Ivanof Bay, Karluk, Klukwan, Koyukuk, Lower Kalskag, Mekoryuk, Minto, Nuiqsut, Oscarville, Paxson, Pitkas Point, Portage Creek, Shungnak, Skwentna, Tatitlek, White Mountain

Communities that had no permits in 1980: Atqasuk, Utqiaġvik, Buckland, Cantwell, Chevak, Chiniak, Coffman Cove, Dot Lake, Edna Bay, Fort Yukon, Fritz Creek, Healy, Houston, Hughes, Hyder, Nanwalek, Nikiski, Nikolaevsk, Nunam Iqua, Salcha, Skagway, Sleetmute, Two Rivers

Subsistence Harvest

Personal Use and Sport Fish

Data Sources

Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish. Alaska Sport Fishing Licenses, 1993-2016. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity. doi:10.5063/F1DZ06KX.

Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Subsistence. Subsistence and personal use harvest of salmon in Alaska, 1960-2012. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity. doi:10.5063/F18S4N5G.

Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Subsistence. 2018. Subsistence harvest information by region, community, resource, and year, 1964-2015. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity. doi:10.5063/F1513WGH.

Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission. 2017. Commercial Fisheries Entry Commision CFEC Public Permit Holders by Community of Residence 1975-2016. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity. doi:10.5063/F1BZ6495

Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission. 2017. Age demographics of salmon permit holders in the Alaskan Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission, 1976-2016. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity. doi:10.5063/F1V40SGC.

United States Census Bureau, Juliet Bachtel, John Randazzo, and Erika Gavenus. 2018. Data on Alaskan Population demographics ranging from 1940 to 2015. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity. doi:10.5063/F1FQ9TV8.