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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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Red sea urchin. Biodiversity of the Central Coast photo.

Urchin prices skyrocket amid low harvests

Max Mezich and Jenni Baker aboard the Jennifer Lynn, a 42-foot salmon gillnetter hailing out of Port Moller, Alaska.

Who we are: Max Mezich and Jenni Baker

Arrowtooth flounder. Fish Encyclopedia photo.

Incidental catch caps hinder Alaska groundfish fleet

California squid. NOAA photo.

Pacific squid stocks recovering from El Niño

Alaska pollock NOAA — Alaska pollock. NOAA photo.

Germany consumers boost demand for Alaska pollock

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

Hungry markets for West Coast albacore with prices on the upswing

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

Fish farming fears take root as domestic demand for blackcod rises

The F/V Woodstock, a blackcod and halibut longliner out of Sitka, Alaska. Photo by Joshua Roper/Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute.

Alaska halibut allocations are treading; strong spawns for blackcod

Leilani Luhrs fishes for salmon out of Togiak, Alaska. Photo courtesy Leilani Luhrs.

Who we are: Leilani Luhrs

Pacific Sardines. NOAA photo.

West Coast sardine season shuttered for a second year