Alyeska Reports Fishing Vessel Shortfall
Fishing vessels played a vital role after the
Exxon Valdez oil spill, providing equipment and manpower for protecting
sensitive areas and recovering and cleaning up oil. Under the state-mandated
contingency plan for cleaning up tanker oil spills, Alyeska must maintain
contracts with at least 350 trained fishing vessels from Prince William Sound,
Cook Inlet and Kodiak Island. But the operator of the trans-Alaska pipeline and
Valdez tanker port is now reporting a shortfall in the Prince William
Sound-based part of the fleet. Alyeska is therefore teaming up with the Prince
William Sound Regional Citizens Advisory Council for a project aimed at fixing
the fishing vessel program. KCHU's Erik Wander has more:
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