• Council contractors search for (and find--see next photo) Exxon Valdez oil in shallow gravel pits near an established research site on Disk Island, in western Prince William Sound.
  • Oil sheen in a pit dug on Disk Island in 2007. Tests show that this is lingering oil from the Exxon Valdez spill of 1989.
  • Liquid oil seeps from Exxon Valdez oil spill asphalt residue beneath a large boulder in Sleepy Bay, in southwest Prince William Sound near the community of Chenega.
  • PWSRCAC monitors Prince William Sound and surrounding regions for the European green crab, an invasive species that has wreaked havoc along parts of the West Coast. In August 2007, the council participated in green crab monitoring training in Southeast Alaska. Shown here in Juneau are, back row, from left to right: Tammy Davis, Alaska Department of Fish and Game; Cindy Hartmann, National Marine Fisheries Service; Dan Gilson, Prince William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council; Gary Frietag, Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association; Alan Unmack, Sitka Tribe; and Heather Woody, Sitka Tribe. Front row, left to right: Whitney Rapp, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve; and Linda Shaw, National Marine Fisheries Service. Photo by Richard Enriquez, USFWS.
  • Testing the behavior of oil in water at a wave tank in Halifax.
  • Wave tank testing.
  • Wave tank testing.
  • Sediment sampling in Port Valdez.
  • Gathering mussel samples in Prince William Sound.
  • Floatplane at Zaikof Bay in the sound.
  • Researchers take samples for a UV monitoring project.
  • Researchers wear protective gear while collecting samples of fluids for laboratory analysis from Alyeska's Biological Treatment Tanks.
  • Council staffer Dan Gilson sets traps for non-indigenous species research.
  • Council staffer Jacquelyn Olson lowers a special plate into the water near the Valdez Marine Terminal to monitor for the presence of invasive tunicates.
  • Sediment sampling in the sound.
  • Once the mud is washed away, a collection of critters remains.
  • Measuring a juvenile red rock crab; its scientific name is <em>Cancer productus</em>.
  • Christian Kompkoff holds a pair of unidentified intertidal shrimp, found while on a field trip with the council to monitor for non-indigenous species in the sound.
  • Gwen Vlasoff holds a trap with a Red Rock Crab.
  • Jordan Geffe shows a red rock crab found during intertidal monitoring. Looking on behind him are (left to right): Christian Kompkoff, Thomas Kompkoff, and Destiny Vlasoff.
  • Several small red octopus like this one were found near Valdez during monitoring for the presence of green crab.
  • A student from a Valdez classroom examines a sunstar discovered while monitoring for green crab in the area.
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