National Fisherman

Charlie Ess

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Charlie Ess is the North Pacific Bureau Chief for National Fisherman.

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salmon migration Alaska USFWS Tongiak Ntl Wildlife Refuge — Salmon migration. USFWS/Togiak National Wildlife Refuge photo.

NOAA names members to Alaska salmon ‘task force’

Sockeye salmon. NOAA photo.

Cook Inlet salmon management plan mired in courts, meetings

Gillnetters line up to deliver to the tender in Alaska’s Bristol Bay salmon fishery. — Gillnetters line up to deliver to the tender in Alaska’s Bristol Bay salmon fishery. Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association photo

Bristol Bay prepares (and hopes) for another mega run

Chinook salmon. Hagerty Ryan/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service photo.

Rival calculations at heart of Chinook court fight

Fishing for herring in Sitka Sound. Bri Dwyer photo.

Healthy stock but limited market for Alaska herring

Sockeye salmon fills the drying racks in the village of Newhalen on Lake Iliamna. Scott Bartlett photo.

North Pacific council holds to status quo on salmon bycatch

The Port of Astoria lies at river mile 13 at the mouth of the Columbia River and offers services, including welding, fiberglassing, and other repairs. Brendan Stock photo.

The port of Astoria keeps the Northwest fishing culture alive

A Cook Inlet gillnetter runs north on a fish call, with Mt. ReDoubt volcano off to the west. Pat Dixon photo

Alaska issues salmon forecast for Cook Inlet

A fisheries observer examines Alaska pollock on a trawler. NMFS image.

Can a North Pacific council overhaul cure Bering Sea bycatch blues?

Pink shrimp. Oregon Sea Grant photo/Lynn Ketchum.

Northwest shrimp harvest: Big tows per trip, but low prices