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.
Tanner crab fishermen want higher price for their catch
Tanner crab harvesters, whose catch is being offered at $2.50 a pound in the Kodiak area compared to $8.30 a pound a...
SE Alaska trollers speak out to protect fisheries
Southeast Alaska trollers engaged in a fight to continue winter and summer commercial Chinook salmon fisheries say they have reduced their king...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
Updates from CPD 01-09-2023 through 01-15-2023
The following incidents were reported to the Cordova Police Department between 01-09-2023 through 01-15-2023. Any charges reported in these press releases are...
