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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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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

Southeast Troller — 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

Whittier Fire — 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

F/V Princess albacore tuna — 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

Alaska halibut surveys improve; Japanese markets sink blackcod prices

Swordfish on deck during long-lining operations. NOAA photo.

West Coast swordfish landings hit slight dip in 2018