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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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Tanker and articulated tug and barge at the Petroleum, oils and Lubricants Terminal 2 delivering fuel on Dec. 10, 2025. Photo courtesy of Matt Hage / Port of Alaska

Modernization of Don Young Port of Alaska underway

Jayde Ferguson, fish pathologist at the ADF&G, is assessing Yukon River Chinook salmon heart tissue samples for the severity of Ichthyophonus parasite infections and associated disease using histology. The parasites can be seen on the computer screen, whi

Study pinpoints severity of pathogens harmful to Pacific salmon

Kyle Phillips of UC Davis preserves fresh-caught zooplankton sample in Wings Landing, a tidal restoration site in Suisun Marsh. Photo by Lynette Williams-Duman/UC Davis

Hot spots in San Francisco area wetlands are teeming with fish food

Ben Rich, left, and Peter Westley with invasive northern pike netted on the bank of the Deshka River in Southcentral Alaska. Photo by John Hermus, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service / University of Alaska Fairbanks

Warmer waters boost appetite of invasive pike for salmon

Three proposed total allowable catch alternatives for Chinook and coho salmon during the upcoming Oregon salmon seasons. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

PFMC to host public meeting on salmon management alternatives

Photographer Chris Miller sitting in front of acid mine drainage from the abandoned Tulsequah Chief Mine, which has been contaminating the transboundary Taku River for almost 70 years. The Taku empties into the ocean just south of Juneau. Photo by Chris M

Better protections sought for salmon habitat in transboundary waters

Three proposals require that recognized best-practice bycatch mitigation tools be used in groundfish harvesting within state waters. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

New proposals would protect Alaska waters from bottom trawling

The Klamath River mouth. Photo courtesy of Thomas Dunklin / NOAA Fisheries

Thousands of fall Chinook salmon return to Klamath River Basin

Sub Sea Sonics/Guardian popup systems and crab pots stacked out at the end of trials on the vessel Jacqueline L. Steve Melz photo.

California Dungeness crab fishery opens to use of pop-up gear

Gillnetters in the Naknek boatyard in Bristol Bay, Alaska. Photo by Ryan Astalos / SalmonState

DOJ sides again with conservationists to block Pebble Mine