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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 razor clams. Alaska Department of Fish and Game photo.

Alaska razor clam harvest expected to dip

Red sea urchin. Biodiversity of the Central Coast photo.

Purple urchin invasion leads to a low harvest, high prices for West Coast urchins

A Kodiak-based groundfish trawler. Alaska Whitefish Trawlers Association photo.

Cool ocean temps, reduced salmon bycatch likely to boost Alaska groundfish catches

Joe Weber of False Pass, Alaska. Charlie Ess photo.

Who we are: Joe Weber

The market squid, Loligo opalescens, laying eggs. NOAA/Southwest Fisheries Science Center photo.

Threat of El Niño has Pacific squid fleet on edge

Alaska pollock NOAA — Alaska pollock. NOAA photo.

Worldwide fillet frenzy bodes well for foreign pollock sales

Albacore hooked on a bait pole offshore Oregon. NOAA Fisheries West Coast photo.

After slow-paced 2017 season, albacore trollers hope landings pick up

Deckhand Maureen O

Carryover frozen halibut brews competition in Alaska

Fresh caught blackcod, also known as sablefish, sits on ice in a Newport, Ore., fish market. NOAA photo by Alix Smith.

Blackcod market stagnates as cold storage holdings pile up on West Coast

Cordova, Alaska, fisherman and Fisherpoet Steve Schoonmaker.

Who we are: Steve Schoonmaker