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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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Pacific cod. NOAA photo.
North Pacific Market Report: 2019 Year in Review
Dungeness crab. Susan Chambers photo.
Pacific Market Report: 2019 Year in Review
Boat of the Month: Redemption
Oregon's pink shrimp fishery boasts low bycatch using reduction devices on trawls. Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife photo
Pacific shrimp: Biologists keep an eye on warmer water
Norton Sound red king crab. NOAA photo.
Red king crabs still in a spiral
Purple urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. Kirt L. Onthank photo
Pacific urchins: California divers fight the purps; 1.2 million ground up for compost
Tiel and Erin Smith in Alaska's Bristol Bay.
Who we are: Tiel Smith
Karl Jordan on the F/V Samara is a member of Southeast Alaska's troll fleet. Eric Jordan photo
Salmon astray: Wayward chums keep Alaska trollers at bay
A fire burns at Delong Dock after an explosion on fixed barge in Whittier, Alaska, on July 8, 2019. U.S. Coast Guard Sector Anchorage photo.
Explosion at Alaska dock sinks barge and 99-foot F/V Alaganik
The crew of the freezer-troller F/V Princess out of Fort Bragg, Calif., catches albacore tuna all along the West Coast and into Alaska. Heather Sears Crew Shot
Albacore tuna: West Coast landings hit a 20-year dip
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