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Charlie Ess is the North Pacific Bureau Chief for National Fisherman.
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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
Phyllis Shirron bought a Prince William Sound salmon drift permit and a bowpicker in 2020. Phyllis Shirron photo
Boat of the Month: Cape Fear
Pacific herring sample. California Department of Fish and Wildlife photo
Pacific herring: Survey supports Jan. 1 opening, 750-ton quota
Alaska pollock. NMFS photo.
Alaska Pollock: With strong global demand, U.S. production ramped up in 2021
Dungeness crabs in a live hold. Oregon DFW photo.
Pacific Dungeness: Live buyers are back, frozen stocks down before peak U.S. sales time
California red urchin. Photo by Kirk Onthank/CC BY-NV 4.0
Pacific urchins: Covid delayed purple urchin removal, but hope as kelp recovers
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