Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: State/Federal Natural Resource Damage Assessment Final Report. Effects of Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) Escapement Level on Egg Retention, Preemergent Fry, and Adult Returns to the Kodiak and Chignik Management Areas Caused

摘要

As a result of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, commercial salmon fishing in and around the Kodiak and Chignik areas was severely restricted throughout the 1989 season. Consequently, pink salmon escapements for these areas greatly exceeded targeted escapement objectives. Investigations were conducted within the Kodiak and Chignik Management Areas during 1989 and 1990 to determine if negative impacts on future odd-year brood line pink salmon production occurred as a result of overescapement in 1989.