prince william sound transporting and treating oiled birds
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Prince William Sound
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Transporting and treating oiled birds
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Body counts animals after the spill
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Six Steller sea lion rookeries were in the path of the spill. In 1989, prior to the spill, the western population of sea lions indicated a decline of 40% from their 1975 numbers. Their population has continued to decline to just 20% of
their former numbers.
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Cold water wash method
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Pacific Herring• Pacific herring are commercially
important fish in Alaska and are harvested for their roe and for use as bate fish.
• They mature at three or four years of age and average less than 9” in length.
• Herring feed on plankton and are a key link between producers and consumers.
• Steller sea lions, seals, and many species of sea birds depend on an abundance of these high-fat fish for a healthy diet.