1992-50 Urging the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council to Fund the Pink Creek and Cold Creek Pink Salmon Restoration Project in FY 1993.KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
RESOLUTION NO. 92 -50
Introduced by: Mayor Selby
Requested by: Mayor Selby
Drafted by: Mayor Selby
Introduced: 12/17/92
Adopted: 12/17/92
A RESOLUTION URGING THE EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL TRUSTEE COUNCIL
TO FUND THE PINK CREEK AND COLD CREEK SALMON
RESTORATION PROJECT IN FISCAL YEAR 1993
WHEREAS, the Kodiak Island salmon industry was heavily impacted by the 1989
Exxon Valdez oil spill; and
WHEREAS, the commercial salmon fishing closure, which resulted from floating oil
in virtually all of the bays of Kodiak Island, resulted in overescapement
in a number of streams on Kodiak Island including Pink Creek and Cold
Creek; and
WHEREAS, a simple method of increasing the pink salmon returns in these creeks is
to remove the natural barriers which exist in the creeks that results in
very limited pink salmon production due to a very limited number of
spawners who actually negotiate all of the barriers in the creeks; and
WHEREAS, the returns for 1992 were far below the projected and expected returns,
indicating that the damage from the Exxon Valdez oil spill far exceeded
the worst expectations in terms of damage to the pink salmon fishery;
and
WHEREAS, $36,100 is a very small amount of money to invest in a project that
could return millions of dollars to the Alaskan economy through
restoration of the pink salmon fishery on Kodiak Island;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND
BOROUGH THAT:
Section 1: the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council is urged to fully fund the Cold
Creek and Pink Creek Salmon Restoration Project at $36,100 for fiscal
year 1993.
Kodiak Island Borough. Alaska Resolution No. 92 -50
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ATTEST:
ADOPTED BY THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH ASSEMBLY
THIS 17TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1992
b3vna Ante-
Donna F. Smith, Borough Clerk
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
Jack L McFayta`nd, Pre
Jero n M. Selby, Borough
siding Officer
Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska Resolution No. 92 -50
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