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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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Hump Island Oyster Co. was named 2016 Entrepreneur of the Year by the Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce. Hump Island Oyster Co. photo.

With production booming, Alaska oyster startups are on the rise

Petrale sole. Hank's A Restaurant photo.

Petrale sole stocks back on track after rebound

Alaska sea cucumbers.Southeast Alaska Regional Divers Association photo.

Sea otter spike hinders Alaska cuke growth

Red sea urchin. Biodiversity of the Central Coast photo.

Urchin prices skyrocket amid low harvests

Max Mezich and Jenni Baker aboard the Jennifer Lynn, a 42-foot salmon gillnetter hailing out of Port Moller, Alaska.

Who we are: Max Mezich and Jenni Baker

Arrowtooth flounder. Fish Encyclopedia photo.

Incidental catch caps hinder Alaska groundfish fleet

California squid. NOAA photo.

Pacific squid stocks recovering from El Niño

Alaska pollock NOAA — Alaska pollock. NOAA photo.

Germany consumers boost demand for Alaska pollock

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

Hungry markets for West Coast albacore with prices on the upswing

Fresh caught blackcod, also known as sablefish, sits on ice in a Newport, Ore., fish market. NOAA photo by Alix Smith.

Fish farming fears take root as domestic demand for blackcod rises