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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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Plans building a new $238 million ferry to replace the aging M/V Tustamena, which sails a route covering part of Prince William Sound, Kodiak and ports along the Alaska Peninsula and Dutch Harbor. Alaska Marine Highway System photo.

Alaska state planners move to renovate ferry system

Gill net fishing practices on Kotzebue Sound are among many issues on the agenda for the Alaska Board of Fisheries meeting season starting in October. ADF&G photo.

Cod, salmon at top of agenda as Alaska Board of Fisheries gears up

Alaska divers’ geoduck, sea cucumber fisheries on rebound

Chinook salmon. NOAA photo.

Chinook lawsuit still looms over Alaska trollers

In Norton Sound, near Nome, fishermen enjoyed a bountiful pink salmon harvest of around 80,000 fish. NOAA photo.

Alaska's far north fisheries make a comeback

The trawler Dawn from Kodiak, Alaska, catching pollock. Photo by Michael Nelson.

Alaska pollock on a wild ride

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

Surveys bode bad seasons ahead for Bering Sea crabbers

Sockeye salmon. Alaska Department of Fish and Game photo.

Salmon set netters cut out of sockeye run again

Chinook salmon. NOAA photo.

Lower effort, fuel costs slow Alaska summer salmon trolling

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

New genetic data fuels debate over Bering Sea salmon bycatch