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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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Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association photo.

Alaska board sets new Bristol Bay net rules

Captain Shawn McManus proudly holds a pot-caught blackcod on the F/V Vansee. Courtesy Shawn McManus photo.

Blackcod fishermen’s ‘gear switching’ challenges Pacific Fishery Management Council

Juvenile blackcod. NMFS photo.

Surveys look promising for blackcod and halibut

Plans building a new $238 million ferry to replace the aging M/V Tustamena, which sails a route covering part of Prince William Sound, Kodiak and ports along the Alaska Peninsula and Dutch Harbor. Alaska Marine Highway System photo.

Alaska state planners move to renovate ferry system

Gill net fishing practices on Kotzebue Sound are among many issues on the agenda for the Alaska Board of Fisheries meeting season starting in October. ADF&G photo.

Cod, salmon at top of agenda as Alaska Board of Fisheries gears up

Alaska divers’ geoduck, sea cucumber fisheries on rebound

Chinook salmon. NOAA photo.

Chinook lawsuit still looms over Alaska trollers

In Norton Sound, near Nome, fishermen enjoyed a bountiful pink salmon harvest of around 80,000 fish. NOAA photo.

Alaska's far north fisheries make a comeback

The trawler Dawn from Kodiak, Alaska, catching pollock. Photo by Michael Nelson.

Alaska pollock on a wild ride

Alaska Bering Sea crab crew pulls a pot on deck. ASMI/Chris Miller photo

Surveys bode bad seasons ahead for Bering Sea crabbers