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Charlie Ess
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Charlie Ess is the North Pacific Bureau Chief for National Fisherman.
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Fishermen felt a mood swing reminiscent of last season regarding what went into their wallets toward the end of the Bay's sockeye season. Photo by Nick Hall / Save Bristol Bay
Bristol Bay fishermen faced 'more stagger than swagger' this season
A Cook Inlet gillnetter runs north on a fish call, with Mt. ReDoubt volcano off to the west. Pat Dixon photo
For Cook Inlet gillnetters, life's not easy in the EEZ
NMFS's finding agrees that listing chinook stocks under the Endangered Species Act could be the best approach to preserving the runs. Photo by Heather Ray on Shutterstock
Navigating the implications of Chinook listing under the ESA
Alaska Native groups and others hope two new bills by Rep. Peltola, will reduce salmon bycatch in the Bering Sea. Photo by Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (KRITFC)
Peltola introduces bills to address salmon bycatch battle
Kevin Wilson, deckhand on the F/V Curragh, standing on the back deck of a 32-foot salmon gillnetter on his first day of the season in Alaska’s Bristol Bay Naknek River fishing district. Kinematics Marine Equipment
Salmon processors set incentives for Bristol Bay season
Longlining Alaska Halibut aboard the Dues Payer II in Kodiak. Peter Thompson photo.
Processing capacity may slow early halibut, blackcod harvests
Alaska's Bristol Bay salmon industry on the brink. As overstuffed markets and looming high-volume harvests loom, the financial solvency of the industry hangs by a thread. Justin Del Boulter photo.
Bristol Bay salmon fishermen face uncertain 2024
Dozens of freshly caught sockeye salmon in the cooler of a commercial fishing boat. Photo by Ivan_Sabo on Shutterstock
Alaska salmon 2024: Markets still flooded as next harvest forecasts come in
2019 NF Highliner, Jack Schultheis. Photo by Andy Gulick
National Fisherman Highliner: Jack Schultheis
An Alaskan chinook salmon. Wild Fish Conservancy photo.
Chinook salmon fight escalates with Endangered Species Act petition
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