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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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Two California Spiny Lobsters offshore of Anacapa Island. Ed Bierman photo.
Pacific spiny lobster: After pandemic low-price worries, this season could reach new highs
Albacore hooked on a bait pole offshore Oregon. NOAA Fisheries West Coast photo.
Pacific Yearbook Market Report: Fleets made good use of dockside markets
Boat of the Month: Surrender
Logan and Bethany Branstiter co-captain the F/V B-Team in Alaska's Nushagak Bay, drift gillnetting sockeye salmon in Bristol Bay. Crew Shots photo
Alaska Yearbook Market Report: Tradition wins out in a long, strange year
Atlantic herring. NOAA photo
Alaska herring: Stocks on the rise, but fleet is not finding the right-sized fish
The F/V Freedom. Cheryl Ess photo.
Boat of the Month: Freedom
Pacific herring. NOAA photo.
Pacific herring: San Francisco fleet weighs cost of entry as demand and biomass stay slumped
Pacific salmon: Lots of forage fish for salmon, but fishing was spread too far
Alaska scallopers manage with covid quarantines, but clams stay in the sand
Pacific shrimp: With a good season in, signs are now promising for 2021
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