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.
Catch limits lowered for halibut fishery opening March 24
Commercial halibut fisheries get under way March 24, from Southeast Alaska to the Bering Sea, with catch limits lowered and charter vessel management measures...
Nominations out for BOF, IPHC, NPFMC
Nominations are in progress to fill upcoming seats at the Alaska Board of Fisheries, and Alaska seats on the International Pacific Halibut Commission and...
Indigenous leaders from Alaska, Canada tackle mutual concerns
Indigenous leaders representing thousands of Alaska Native and First Nations people have committed to work together to combat industrial activity that threatens the sustainability...
Commissioner’s permit fishery attracts 16 harvesters
Sixteen permit holders signed up, with 12 vessels making landings through March 13, in a commissioner’s permit Tanner crab fishery in the eastern and...
Recycled fish nets have many uses
“Plastics.”It was a word of advice from a family friend to the young college graduate in the award-winning 1967 film “The Graduate.”“There’s a great...
PWS hatcheries produced 28M salmon in 2017
Prince William Sound hatcheries produced some 28.5 million salmon in 2017 worth an estimated ex-vessel value of $69 million, or 57 percent of the...
Protections sought for endangered Pacific walrus
A lawsuit filed March 8 in federal district court in Anchorage by the Center for Biological Diversity challenges the Trump administration’s denial of Endangered...
Volcanic ash, eelgrass threaten Chignik fisheries
NOAA Fisheries researchers studying the shallowing of the seafloor around Chignik, some 250 miles southwest of Kodiak, say combined forces of volcanoes and eelgrass...
Satellite feeds show extent of global fishing footprint
Satellite feeds and common ship tracking technology are helping researchers to pinpoint global fishing activity down to individual vessel movements and providing extensive data...
Roy Ewan represented Ahtna people in ANCSA negotiations
Roy Ewan grew up in the subsistence tradition of the Ahtna people, represented them in land claims negotiations, and went on to receive much...
