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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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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
Sockeye salmon. Alaska Department of Fish and Game photo.
Salmon set netters cut out of sockeye run again
Chinook salmon. NOAA photo.
Lower effort, fuel costs slow Alaska summer salmon trolling
A fisheries observer examines Alaska pollock on a trawler. NMFS image.
New genetic data fuels debate over Bering Sea salmon bycatch
Chloe Ivanoff holds up a slab of a sockeye caught near Kodiak. Ivanoff family photo.
Salmon season opens, with all eyes on sockeye potential
Reuben and Clifton Ivanoff and their family have fished on the New Dawn since 2000. Charlie Ess photo.
New splashes in Alaska
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