Margaret Bauman
Margaret Bauman is a veteran Alaska journalist focused on covering fisheries and environmental issues. Bauman has been writing for The Cordova Times since 2010. You can reach her at fisheriesreporter@gmail.com.
Long-lasting toxic chemicals found in bodies of endangered killer whales
Canadian researchers examining the bodies of Southern Resident orca whales stranded along the coast of British Columbia have found toxic chemicals used in production...
Challenges to clean fisheries habitat plagues Puget Sound
A legal challenge to two permits that would allow industrial animal feeding operations to continue discharging waste into Washington state’s salmon rich waters is...
Prefiled bills would allow for taxing of new commercial fisheries
Among the nearly three dozen bills filed in the Alaska House of Representatives ahead of the legislative session beginning on Jan. 17 is one...
NFWF grants will fund monitoring, reporting program
Grants totaling $3.7 million from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will help support data modernization...
Chignik, Alaska Peninsula, Aleutian Island comment deadline for BOF meeting is Feb. 3
Dozens of proposals are up for consideration at the Alaska Board of Fisheries (BOF) meeting in Anchorage from Feb. 20 to Feb. 25, with...
Fishery council to focus on reducing red king crab mortality
Federal fisheries managers considered a red king crab savings area emergency rule request at their December meeting and instead decided to move forward with...
Timber workers share passion for keeping fish habitat healthy
Timber workers often take the brunt of criticism for damage to spawning habitat in rivers and streams running through timberlands, when in fact many...
Task force report proposes ways to reduce salmon, crab, halibut bycatch
A final report issued by an eclectic group of seafood industry stakeholders concludes that while bycatch of salmon, crab and halibut should be reduced,...
Northline Seafoods carves new opportunity
More than two years after severe autumn storm winds beached a $7 million seafood processing barge on the shore of the Bristol Bay watershed,...
EPA proposes steps toward protecting Bristol Bay watershed
Federal environmental officials are moving to restrict the use of certain waters in the Bristol Bay watershed as disposal sites, according to an announcement...
