Is the Exxon Valdez verdict final or will it be appealed?
I believe it's been appealed. I just spoke with a friend, a salmon fisherman, who stands to get a small sum of money if the suit is ever settled. He's says one of the long reaching effects of the spill was that the salmon farms got a fin hold on the market in the interim. A curious state of affairs has emerged recently -- the huge conglomerates who moved in when the price was high have left Alaska's coast, leaving the fishing to those who have done it as usual for the last 100 years. He says it's actually better for the common fisherman that the price is down. The assholes have left town, so to speak.
Dan
