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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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Albacore hooked on a bait pole offshore Oregon. NOAA Fisheries West Coast photo.

Tuna fleet hopes for bigger albacore, reopened fresh markets

Workers unload halibut at Pacific Seafood processing plant in Kodiak.

Restaurant closings, depressed Japan market push halibut, blackcod prices down

Swordfish observer — An observer checks a Pacific swordfish. NOAA photo.

Coronavirus, turtle protections crush market expectations for Pacific swordfish

Bristol Bay sockeye boat — The 2020 Alaska salmon season must operate under the state's strict covid-19 safeguards. Alaska Department of Fish and Game photo.

With virus precautions, Alaska's salmon season will be like no other

California spiny lobster takes double hit from China market

Pacific cod. NOAA photo.

North Pacific Market Report: 2019 Year in Review

delayed — 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