Exxon Valdez Oil & Prince William Sound: A 10-Year Reckoning
Photo & Art Essay compiled by Riki Ott, Cordova, Alaska

 

18. In 1992, three years after the spill, there was tragic evidence of long-term damage to pink salmon. The 1992 pink salmon "crashed." That is, the salmon oiled by the spill after 1989 were now found to be unable to reproduce.

(Riki Ott, personal collection)


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(Abbreviations used: ANF for Artists for Nature Foundation; CRWP for Copper River Watershed Project; EVOS Exxon Valdez Oil Spill)

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