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.
Copper River Seafoods celebrates season opener with seafood competition
Dozens of wild Alaska salmon aficionados turned out in Anchorage on Saturday to help Copper River Seafoods celebrate the Copper River commercial salmon season...
NOAA Fisheries allocates $15.7M for Copper River/Prince William Sound fishery disasters
NOAA Fisheries has allocated over $220 million in fisheries disaster funds appropriated by Congress in the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act for fishery disasters...
For Copper River harvesters, the third time was the charm
For more than 300 fishermen, the third 12-hour opener of the Copper River commercial salmon harvesters was the charm, with a big boost of...
New Salmon People Aircraft now flies for Alaska Airlines
A new passenger jet celebrating the deep-rooted cultural importance of salmon to Alaska departed from Anchorage on Friday, May 12 as Alaska Airlines flight...
GCI fined over $40M for competitive bidding violations
GCI Communications Corp. has agreed to pay over $40 million for violations related to competitive bidding regulations in connection with GCI’s participation in the...
First Copper River opener delivers thousands of salmon to Seattle, Anchorage
Calm, partially sunny, but chilly waters yielded a harvest of thousands of pounds of mostly sockeye salmon for the 12-hour opener of the Copper...
Tlingit Haida Central Council withdrawing from AFN
Leaders of the Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska are the latest Alaska Native regional corporation to say they...
Northern Edge 2023 gets under way in Gulf of Alaska
Northern Edge 2023 is underway in parts of the state, including waters south of Prince William Sound, where the U.S. Navy is using a...
Copper River sockeye fishery set to open on May 15
Commercial fishermen in Southcentral Alaska are gearing up for the famed Copper River salmon opener on Monday, May 15, hopeful for a robust season,...
Federal judge rules in favor of shutting down SE Alaska troll salmon fishery
A federal district judge in Washington state has ruled in favor of closing a major commercial king salmon troll fishery which contributes millions of...
