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Margaret Bauman

Alaska Correspondent

Margaret Bauman is an Alaskan journalist focused on covering fisheries and environmental issues.

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Bering Sea commercial snow crab fisheries will open on Oct. 15. Shutterstock photo.

Bering Sea snow crab fishery sees major TAC increase for 2025

Aerial imagery of dragon kelp bed in coastal Alaska. NOAA Fisheries photo by Mandy Lindeberg

NOAA boosts mapping projects to identify areas of wild kelp

Trident Seafoods is expanding its line of pet food supplements with new products featuring wild Alaska salmon and wild Alaska pollock, with plans to introduce them in retail markets starting October 1. Photo courtesy of Trident Seafoods

Trident Seafoods introduces wellFURst pet foods

Bristol Bay sockeye boat — The 2020 Alaska salmon season was conducted under strict state safeguards for covid-19. Alaska Department of Fish and Game photo.

Ex-vessel value of 2025 Bristol Bay salmon harvest rated at $215.3 M

Alaska pollock makes up over half of the total Alaska commercial seafood harvest volume. Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers photo.

Studies show Alaska pollock fishery value in product, jobs

Seattle area conservation groups say they will sue the federal government over failure to protect native salmon, steelhead and orca populations from hatchery programs inthe Columbia River system. Wild Fish Conservancy photo.

Conservation groups plan lawsuit over hatcheries

Participants of the Drill Instructor and Fishermen First Aid and Safety Training will get hands-on experience practicing lifesaving skills, such as putting on survival suits. Photo courtesy of Washington Sea Grant

Washington Fishermen's Convention set for Dec. 4-8

Albacore tuna typically range from 20-30 inches long and 10-30 pounds, but they can grow larger. Shutterstock photo.

Pacific tuna fishery opens in Eastern Gulf of Alaska

David Witherell is retiring as executive director of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council. NPFMC photo.

NPFMC executive director David Witherell to retire in October

Fishmonger Brenden Katchatag at New Sagaya's seafood department in Anchorage, Alaska, shows off some of the fresh whole silver salmon from Yakutat that were selling quickly at $7.99 a pound. The price of other fillets of fresh cohos ranged from $13.95 a pound to $18.99 a pound in Anchorage and $24.99 at the Pike Place Fish Market in Seattle. Margaret Bauman photo.

Alaska salmon harvests near 185 million fish