Effects of exxon oil spill on commercial fisheries
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23/10/ · Almost 30 years after the spill, about 20 acres of Prince William Sound shoreline are still contaminated with 21, gallons of oil. Surprisingly, the oil is just as toxic as it was right after the spill. It is decomposing no more than 4 percent a year. It could take centuries to completely dissipate. Commercial fishing was injured as a result of the spill's direct impacts to commercial fish species (see individual resource accounts) and through subsequent emergency fishing closures. Fisheries for salmon, herring, crab, shrimp, rockfish and sablefish were closed in throughout Prince William Sound, Cook Inlet, the outer Kenai coast, Kodiak and the Alaska Peninsula. 15/03/ · The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred in March in Prince William Sound, Alaska, and was one of the worst environmental disasters on record in the United States. Despite long-term data collection over the nearly three decades since the spill, tremendous uncertainty remains as to how significantly the spill affected fishery blogger.com by:
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6/12/ · After nearly 20 years of litigation, the US Supreme Court agreed to reduce punitive damages to the company to just $ million. Exxon has also paid about $ million to 32, property owners and commercial fishermen to compensation them for their losses. That comes to about $30, per person affected by the oil spill. A small portion of the oil from the Exxon Valdez spill still lingers in patches beneath Prince William Sound, Alaska, beaches. However, this and other studies suggests the remaining oil is sequestered, or buried, and currently is not posing a risk to the coastal and marine ecosystem. Commercial fishing was injured as a result of the spill's direct impacts to commercial fish species (see individual resource accounts) and through subsequent emergency fishing closures. Fisheries for salmon, herring, crab, shrimp, rockfish and sablefish were closed in throughout Prince William Sound, Cook Inlet, the outer Kenai coast, Kodiak and the Alaska Peninsula.
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of the March Exxon Valdez oil spill and subsequent cleanup activities on density, biomass, and species diversity of intertidal fishes in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Intertidal fish were sampled in a quasi‐experimental, matched‐pairs (oiled–cleaned versus reference sites) design stratified by three habitat types with random Cited by: 6/12/ · After nearly 20 years of litigation, the US Supreme Court agreed to reduce punitive damages to the company to just $ million. Exxon has also paid about $ million to 32, property owners and commercial fishermen to compensation them for their losses. That comes to about $30, per person affected by the oil spill. 15/03/ · The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred in March in Prince William Sound, Alaska, and was one of the worst environmental disasters on record in the United States. Despite long-term data collection over the nearly three decades since the spill, tremendous uncertainty remains as to how significantly the spill affected fishery blogger.com by:
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15/03/ · The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred in March in Prince William Sound, Alaska, and was one of the worst environmental disasters on record in the United States. Despite long-term data collection over the nearly three decades since the spill, tremendous uncertainty remains as to how significantly the spill affected fishery blogger.com by: 6/12/ · After nearly 20 years of litigation, the US Supreme Court agreed to reduce punitive damages to the company to just $ million. Exxon has also paid about $ million to 32, property owners and commercial fishermen to compensation them for their losses. That comes to about $30, per person affected by the oil spill. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of the March Exxon Valdez oil spill and subsequent cleanup activities on density, biomass, and species diversity of intertidal fishes in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Intertidal fish were sampled in a quasi‐experimental, matched‐pairs (oiled–cleaned versus reference sites) design stratified by three habitat types with random Cited by:
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23/10/ · Almost 30 years after the spill, about 20 acres of Prince William Sound shoreline are still contaminated with 21, gallons of oil. Surprisingly, the oil is just as toxic as it was right after the spill. It is decomposing no more than 4 percent a year. It could take centuries to completely dissipate. 6/12/ · After nearly 20 years of litigation, the US Supreme Court agreed to reduce punitive damages to the company to just $ million. Exxon has also paid about $ million to 32, property owners and commercial fishermen to compensation them for their losses. That comes to about $30, per person affected by the oil spill. 15/03/ · The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred in March in Prince William Sound, Alaska, and was one of the worst environmental disasters on record in the United States. Despite long-term data collection over the nearly three decades since the spill, tremendous uncertainty remains as to how significantly the spill affected fishery blogger.com by: