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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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The F/V Woodstock, a blackcod and halibut longliner out of Sitka, Alaska. Photo by Joshua Roper/Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute.
The F/V Woodstock, a blackcod and halibut longliner out of Sitka, Alaska. Photo by Joshua Roper/Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute.

Alaska halibut allocations are treading; strong spawns for blackcod

Leilani Luhrs fishes for salmon out of Togiak, Alaska. Photo courtesy Leilani Luhrs.
Leilani Luhrs fishes for salmon out of Togiak, Alaska. Photo courtesy Leilani Luhrs.

Who we are: Leilani Luhrs

Pacific Sardines. NOAA photo.
Pacific Sardines. NOAA photo.

West Coast sardine season shuttered for a second year

Herring caught during an acoustic trawl survey of Lynn Canal in Southeast Alaska. NOAA photo.
Herring caught during an acoustic trawl survey of Lynn Canal in Southeast Alaska. NOAA photo.

Alaska herring run looks stronger for 2017

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