Shoreline Oiling Conditions in Prince WIlliam Sound Following The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

摘要

Following the Exxon Valdez oil spill of March 24, 1989, in Prince William Sound, Alaska, Exxon conducted comprehensive, systematic shoreline surveys in cooperation with federal and state authorities to obtain information on the distributio and magnitude of shoreline oiling and to identify natural and cultural resources requiring special protection. Similar joint surveys were performed during the springs of 1990, 1991, and 1992 on all prince William sound and Gulf of Alaska shoelines that were suspected of having remnants of weathered oil and that would benefit from further cleanup.