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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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A federal appeals court order will allow Southeast Alaska salmon troller to fish when the July 1 season starts. Charlie Ess photo.
Appeals court keeps Southeast Alaska salmon troll fishery for July
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. 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?
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