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Spotlight: Pacific Northwest
Charlie Ess
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Charlie Ess is the North Pacific Bureau Chief for National Fisherman.
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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
Alaska pollock. NOAA photo.
Alaska pollock may gain with expanded ban on Russian product
Bering Sea snow crab. NMFS photo.
Small Bering Sea red crab quota fills fast; starvation theory in opilio disappearance
Pat McBride with a deckload of blackcod from the western Aleutians during the 1980s. Photo courtesy Barb McBride.
Pat McBride, Aleutians blackcod pioneer, passes at 69
Sockeye salmon fills the drying racks in the village of Newhalen on Lake Iliamna. Scott Bartlett photo.
Battle flares anew over Alaska subsistence fisheries
Despite disappointing prices far below the record-breaking 2022 season, Bristol Bay fishermen landed 38 million fish by the end of July, surpassing the forecast of 37 million fish. BBRSDA photo.
Market Report: Alaska Salmon
Alaska pollock. NMFS photo.
North Pacific council hears calls for hard cap on chum bycatch
Red king crab. NOAA photo.
Crabbers get 2 million pound quota for Bristol Bay red king crab
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