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.
New Biden sanctions plug passage of Russian seafood into U.S.
An executive order signed by President Joe Biden aims to put a stop to the import of any Russian seafood into the U.S., including...
Golden king crab, king salmon were hot holiday gifts
Seafood aficionados have stepped up to purchase their favorite wild Alaska seafood for the holiday season, according to fishmongers from Anchorage to Seattle. Sales have...
Arctic Report Card looks at changing food, predator-prey relationships in Gulf of Alaska
A new federal report on Alaska ecosystems warns that the current El Nino status and associated warming surface waters predicted for the winter and...
Trident Seafoods restructuring plan was total surprise to Kodiak
A surprise announcement from seafood processing giant Trident Seafoods on its new plans to divest some of its Alaska processing plants and lay off...
National report on missing Indigenous people traces history back to Russian conquest
Michelle Demmert: ‘Our stories need to rise to the level of national awareness to make meaningful change’ A new national report on missing, murdered and...
NOAA’s 2023 Arctic Report Card highlights human-caused warming
New chapter focuses on salmon vital to the health, cultures, food security of Indigenous communities NOAA’s 2023 Arctic Report Card includes new information confirming that...
BLM seeks further input regarding AIDEA’s Ambler Road proposal
Several public meetings are scheduled in December by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to gather comment on its draft supplemental environmental impact statement...
GAPP looks to expand pollock markets in Malaysia
Taking a lead from research showing very favorable opportunities for growth, the marketing arm of the wild Alaska pollock fishery was in Malaysia this...
Alaska’s 2023 commercial salmon harvest rose in fish, dropped in value
A preliminary report on the 2023 Alaska commercial salmon season released on Tuesday by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG) showed a...
Seafood harvesting jobs continue to decline
Employment in commercial seafood harvesting is continuing its slow decline, in contrast to other Alaska industries, which have fully or partially rebounded in the...
