The prime financial characteristics of the commercial fish and native subsistence parts affected by the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Both groups rely on marine natural assets in Prince William Sound and the Gulf of Alaska. The native subsistence users reside in little villages in the sound, on Lower Cook Inlet
on Kodiak, and on the Alaska Peninsula. The route of the oil spill's journey southwest out of Prince William Sound characterises the geographic span of the impacted towns. Commercial fishermen rely on commercial fish species such as salmon and herring. Native subsistence ...