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.
Update: Statewide COVID-19 total rises to 8,549
Update: New cases of the novel coronavirus in Alaska remain in triple digits, with 734 more individuals diagnosed in just six days, state health officials said.
Pebble mine backers reveal plans for 180-200 year mine
Should Democratic candidate Joe Biden become president, “I will brush off my Democratic credentials and start using them a little more actively,” Pebble Partnership chief executive Tom Collier told an investigator.
Ecosystem-based management helps Bering Sea fisheries battle climate change
A new NOAA Fisheries study on the Eastern Bering Sea concludes that ecosystem-based fisheries management has proven an effective tool to date and may help ensure sustainable fisheries under climate change for the near term.
Future airport facility will offer seafood cold storage, processing options
A cargo storage and warehouse facility scheduled to open by the summer of 2022 at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport is expected to offer the seafood industry new options for cargo transfer cold storage and value-added processing.
NOAA study shows evidence of killer whale predation on bowheads
Federal fisheries scientists say they now have direct evidence for the first time that killer whales are preying on bowhead whales in the northeastern Chukchi Sea and western Beaufort Sea.
Update: Statewide COVID-19 total rises to 7,886
Update: The statewide total of 7,886 infected overall includes 6,950 residents and 936 nonresidents, of whom 2,415 and 253 have recovered, respectively.
Coho harvest boosts PWS overall catch to 24.9M fish
A boost in the coho catch has increased the Prince William Sound 2020 overall harvest to 24.9 million salmon, as the fishery continued this week in the Copper and Bering river districts.
Gwich’in sue Interior over ANWR exploration plan
Native American Rights Fund attorneys are suing the Interior Department over its decision to allow oil and gas exploration on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, known to Gwich’in tribes as the “Sacred Place Where Life Begins.”
Kodiak Chamber rolls out ComFish forums for Sept. 17-18
Kodiak Chamber of Commerce officials have rolled out the preliminary agenda for the 40th annual ComFish Alaska forums set for Sept. 17-18 in virtual format, with the advisory that all forum times and titles are still subject to change.
Marine debris prevention grants go to St. Paul, North Slope Borough
Projects on St. Paul Island and within the North Slope Borough are among 23 recipients of prevention grants awarded through the NOAA Marine Debris Program.
