| finer
points of running a fishing business
M/V
Vigilant
fishy
about fuel prices
There
will be fireworks
Dutch
Harbor $3.95
Earl
Krygier Retires
$4.65
a gallon
 Mr.
Terry Goes to Town
Government
hard of hearing when fishing crews try to speak
up
Safety
drills make a difference
House
candidates debate fish issues
 Crab
fishery reduced to T-shirts
Iditarod
dog team and farm salmon
Alaska
Storm
Exxon
Trivia
83 days
- Total lenth of the Exxon Valdez oil spill civil
trial in 1994
32,677 - Number of valid
Claims recognized in the class action suit with
Exxon
$5000 - Punitive damages
the jury assessed against the Exxon Valdez captain
Joe Hazelwood
$5 billion - Punitive damages
the jury assessed against Exxon
0 - Net change in Exxons
stock price, two business days after the jury rendered
its $5 billion verdict
13 years - Time Exxon has
kept the punitive damage award tied up with legal
appeals
50% - Amount the Federal
Appeals Court reduced the punitive damages against
Exxon
1 in 5 Changes that a plantiff
in the punitive damages case has died waiting for
a ruling
$3 Billion - Maximum criminal
fine Exxon faced for its conviction on criminal
charges arising from the oil spill
$0.25 Billion - Amount of
criminal fine Exxon actually paid
$76,500 - Average amount
each claimant would get if Exxon paid the $2.5 Billion
award
3 Weeks - Time it would
take Exxon to earn enough profits to cover the $2.5
billion of punitive damages
From the adn
fat
deposits
between the ears
Snow
crab swarm the Barents Sea
Deadly
seas
hit
shellfish and groundfish programs especially hard
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