Abstract
When the Exxon Valdez hit the rocks of Prince William Sound last year, there were predictions of a near-apocalypse for Alaska's salmon industry. Well, this year's salmon catch is coming to an end and it turns out it will be the biggest in history... So far, the Washington Post reports that 40 million salmon have been caught, far outstripping the 1987 record harvest of 29 million. Many of the salmon were hatched last spring in the very waters fouled by the Exxon Valdez oil spill. The rest were released from hatcheries in Prince William Sound and swam through the same waters on their way to the ocean. At the largest hatchery in the area, the number of pink salmon returning to the sound this summer was double the average of recent years. Last year's oil spill apparently had little effect on the growth of plankton in the sound, the main source of food for young salmon. Salmon hatcheries report plankton growth was better than ever this year.
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