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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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Longlines and cages on an oyster farm in Southcentral Alaska. Alaska Department of Fish and Game photo.

Environmental conditions spur growth spurt for Alaska oysters

Petrale sole. Hank's A Restaurant photo.

West Coast trawlers on pace to hit annual Petrale sole quota

Peter Anderson with his son.

Who we are: Peter Anderson

Oregon marks banner Dungie season despite light harvest along the coast

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

NOTE: OWNER JASON CHANDLER ASKS WE NOT USE THIS AS A GENERIC PHOTO - KM. 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

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Alaska pollock. NOAA photo.

Worldwide fillet frenzy bodes well for foreign pollock sales

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