National Fisherman

Charlie Ess

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Charlie Ess is the North Pacific Bureau Chief for National Fisherman.

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A fisheries observer examines Alaska pollock on a trawler. NMFS image.

New genetic data fuels debate over Bering Sea salmon bycatch

Chloe Ivanoff holds up a slab of a sockeye caught near Kodiak. Ivanoff family photo.

Salmon season opens, with all eyes on sockeye potential

Reuben and Clifton Ivanoff and their family have fished on the New Dawn since 2000. Charlie Ess photo.

New splashes in Alaska

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. — 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