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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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Dungeness crabs in a live hold. Oregon DFW photo.

Pacific Dungeness: Live buyers are back, frozen stocks down before peak U.S. sales time

California red urchin. Photo by Kirk Onthank/CC BY-NV 4.0

Pacific urchins: Covid delayed purple urchin removal, but hope as kelp recovers

Alaska Bering Sea crab crew pulls a pot on deck. ASMI/Chris Miller photo

Alaska king crab: Awaiting word on new season, after highest prices on record

NF_Sept_20_Market_PAC_Squid_NOAA California market squid — California market squid. NOAA photo.

Pacific squid: Better ocean conditions, catches and prices bring optimism

Alaska groundfish: Covid’s hangover and bycatch caps slow the season

Boat of the Month: Alsek

Blackcod. Tuna Harbor Dockside Market photo.

Pacific blackcod: Smaller fish mean lower prices, but good future

Alaska pollock NOAA — Alaska pollock. NOAA photo.

Alaska pollock: Alaska product now 86 percent of U.S. consumption

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

Pacific albacore: Trollers look for restaurants to revive fresh prices

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

Alaska halibut and blackcod: As market recovers from covid, biomass future looks bright