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...impact on fishing has been crippling. After tests showed possible contamination, Alaskan authorities canceled the fishing seasons for herring, herring roe and pot shrimp throughout Prince William Sound. The salmon season, due to start in mid-May, remains in doubt. "Sure, Exxon may pay in the end," fumed Sandy Cesarini, co-owner of the Sea Hawk Seafood Co. in Valdez. "But we sweated blood to build this place. What about the future? Everyone in the sound feels violated...
...long-term effect on fish and other wildlife is difficult to gauge. Nobody knows how much oil may be sinking to the seabed, for instance. One hopeful note was sounded by the National Marine Fisheries Service in Juneau. Tests showed that salmon eggs and crab larvae, at least, may have escaped contamination because the oil became diluted and degraded to nontoxic levels before those organisms were exposed...
...teach different recipes but different techniques." The accent is equally Gallic at L'Ecole, the aptly named restaurant of the French Culinary Institute in New York City's SoHo district. A recent $18 prix fixe lunch began with a light Roquefort souffle, which was followed by a moist salmon fillet in chervil sauce, a delicate lamb ragout and a green salad, and ended with a textbook-perfect creme brulee...
...just the gluelike quality of the oil that poses a danger. The crude contains substances that are either poisonous or carcinogenic. The danger from contaminated fish prompted state officials to announce that this year's herring season, expected to bring fishermen $12 million in revenues, would be canceled. Salmon fisheries are also in danger: within the next few weeks, hundreds of millions of salmon fry were scheduled to be released from hatcheries located in protected bays ringing Prince William Sound. So far, salmon fishermen, using their own boats to deploy containment booms, have kept the slick from spreading...
...killed quickly by being coated with crude will still be in danger, as the bottom oil contaminates first microorganisms, then the small fish that eat them, then the larger creatures up the food chain. Fishermen in the port of Cordova (pop. 3,000) fear that their catches of salmon, herring, shrimp and crab will be ruined for years, possibly wiping out their livelihood. Says Barbara Jenson, wife of a fourth-generation fisherman: "I don't think we are going to survive this...