Project Information

Title: Commercial Fisheries Losses Caused by the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill ES01 1990

Project Year and Number: 1990: ES01

Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: 1991: ES01, 1989: ES01

Principal Investigator (PI): Richard Carson (University of California - San Diego)

Managing Agency: ADFG

Assisting Personnel: None

Research Location: All Spill Affected Areas

Restoration Category: Damage Assessment

Injured Resources Addressed: Recreation & Tourism

Abstract: Sport fishing impacts were estimated on the basis of impacts on the number of anglers, the number of sport fishing trips, the areas fished, the species fished for, and the length of these trips. Contingent valuation methodologies were used to place a dollar value on changes in these parameters attributable to the oil spill.


Proposal: Not Available

Reports:
Final Report: See Project ES01

Publications from this Project: None Available