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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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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
Luke Williams photo.
Every boat a step up: Luke Williams builds a career adapting
Bruce Marifern’s Freedom wraps up a 230-ton set in Hayward Strait, with Alaskan Girl pumping, on day two of the Sitka sac roe herring fisher. Brannon Finney photo
A healthy herring harvest for Alaska
Set netters in the Kenai Peninsula. Charlie Ess Photo
Alaska gears up for a profitable 2022 salmon season
Petrale sole. NMFS photo/David W. Gotschall.
Petrale sole: Sales up, quota steady ahead
Gillnetters line up to deliver to the tender in Alaska’s Bristol Bay salmon fishery. Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association photo
Alaska Salmon: Harvest, sales and prices rose despite covid-19 challenges
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