The former Gulf of Mexico

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

Luckily this woman wrote at the end of her blog "In Alaska, the killing did not stop in 1989. Twenty-one years later, buried oil is still contaminating wildlife and Prince William Sound has not returned to pre-spill conditions – nor, honestly, will it. The remnant population of once-plentiful herring no longer supports commercial fisheries and barely sustains the ecosystem."


I was surprised to see this as a neighbor had one of his best fishing trips ever to Prince William Sound 2 years ago. This man lives fishing and bragged of the many species caught in a single trip both inland and in the sound. I looked up a Prince William Sound fishing report and was quite happy to find what I did…..

Report dated 6/8/10 put out by Alaskan Fish and Game


Salmon
• Sockeye fishing in the Eyak River ramped up this last week with many anglers catching their limits in an afternoon of fishing. Fish are dispersed throughout the river with boat anglers doing well downstream and shoreline anglers catching fish at the weir.
Salt waters
Halibut, Pacific Cod and Rockfish
• Small to medium-sized halibut are being caught consistently throughout the Sound. Locations such as Knowles Head, Knight Island, and areas around Port Wells have all been productive.
• Halibut anglers fishing Hinchinbrook Entrance and Middle Ground Shoal continue to have good luck halibut fishing with some larger fish (100 + lbs.) reported last week.
• Fishing for ground fish is always better the closer you fish to ocean entrances in Prince William Sound.
• Rockfish angling has been productive. Rocky benches adjacent to reefs are good places to find rockfish.
• Anglers continue to catch Pacific cod throughout the Sound while targeting halibut. They make a great meal when halibut are hard to come by!
Shellfish
• It’s been a great year thus far for shrimpers in the Sound. Great shrimping can be found throughout the Sound with Wells Bay, Blue Fjord, and areas around Chenega Island producing exceptional catches.
• Don’t forget your shrimp permit – everyone needs one.

http://www.sf.adfg.state.ak.us/Fishi...il/area_key/11

so she obviously has an agenda and is short on facts at least in PW Sound so take her with a grain of salt.

Did you read where the woman in the article said "HERRING" when she referred to the type of fish? Herring is not mentioned in your post. I've also read articles in the past about how Herring disappeared after the spill. So it is not false if you read it correctly.

They arent positive that the herring moved because of the spill, though it is the main theory. It is true they are gone though.

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

Did you read where the woman in the article said "HERRING" when she referred to the type of fish? Herring is not mentioned in your post. I've also read articles in the past about how Herring disappeared after the spill. So it is not false if you read it correctly.

They arent positive that the herring moved because of the spill, though it is the main theory. It is true they are gone though.

She made it sound like the entire eco-system relied on herring as mainly a bait food when in fact many species have obviously substituted and supplemented their diets and are now thriving including the whales.

Here's the local's take on the herring problem. The end to the moratorium on whale hunting makes more sense now.


http://www.adn.com/2010/02/08/112967...e-william.html