- The value of Pacific Herring as a food for other creatures is high.
- This video is mean’t as an introduction about the value of Pacific Herring for other creatures in Alaska.
- For 25 years, methodical research by scientists has investigated the effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989 on Alaskan communities and ecosystems. A new study released September 8, 2015 into the effects of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska shows that embryonic salmon and herring exposed to very low levels of crude oil can develop hidden heart defects that compromise their later survival, indicating that the spill may have had much greater impacts on spawning fish than previously recognized.
- To view the results of this study look at Cardona, J. P. et al. Very low embryonic crude oil exposures cause lasting cardiac defects in salmon and herring.
