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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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The North Pacific Fishery Management Council will hold a meeting from Sept. 29 to Oct. 9 in Anchorage, Alaska. Shutterstock photo.

MRA regulations face final vote at NPMFC's October meeting

The China-flagged Xue Long 2 is one of five Chinese research vessels being monitored by the U.S. Coast Guard operating in U.S. Arctic waters. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

US Coast Guard tracking Russian, Chinese vessels approaching Alaska

Juvenile king salmon. NMFS photo.

Deadline approaches for Pacific Salmon Commission grants

Tito Marquez at 10th & M Seafoods in Anchorage with freshly caught Bristol Bay sockeye salmon. Margaret Bauman photo.

Alaska salmon harvest tops to 129 million fish

Jamie Goen, executive director of Alaska Bering Sea Crabbers, aboard the F/V Bristol Mariner during the Bristol Bay red king crab fishery. Photo courtesy of Jamie Goen.

Vessel registration begins for Alaska crab fisheries

Coast Guard crews came to the aid of three mariners aboard the Defiant, a disabled fishing vessel 95 miles off Newport, Ore. Aug. 3 and towed the vessel safely into port Aug. 6. Coast Guard photo.

Coast Guard assists disabled fishing vessel 95 miles off Oregon coast

Farmed oysters with PONV1. University of British Columbia photo by Amy Chan.

Newly found virus linked to large-scale oyster die-offs

Co-founders of Canada's Ocean Legacy Foundation Chloe Dubois and James Middleton. Ocean Legacy Foundation photo.

Plight of the albatross sparked BC plastics recycling program

The indictments announced on Monday, Aug. 4, were handed down on July 17 and executed at the end of July, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Alaska. Shutterstock photo.

Five Alaska harvesters charged in halibut fishing conspiracy

The federal district court in Anchorage entered final judgment against three Kodiak, Alaska-based commercial fishing companies and their manager for multiple violations of the Clean Water Act, Aug. 1, 2025. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

Fishing companies fined for oil discharges into Alaska waters

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