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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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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

Herring — 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

Pacific Petrale sole: Strong hauls of restaurant-preferred fish land in cold storage

The U.S. geoduck fishery's predominant live export market has been hobbled by the coronavirus outbreak in Chine. USDA photo.

Alaska geoduck biomass is down, but cukes continue an upswing

Offloading salmon in Petersburg, Alaska. Jessica Hathaway photo.

Alaska salmon: Annual harvest tallies lower, as expected;  sales stay hot for self-marketed fishermen