Cordova, Alaska fisherman RJ Kopchak talks about the long-term effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill on the waters, wildlife and fishery livelihoods of Prince William Sound. “The lesson from these big oil spills is: A) the oil companies won’t make you whole and; B) the damage is still going on twenty years later and there is no way fishing dependent or natural resource dependent communities will ever recover from major oil spills, at least during the lifetime of the people who were there when the spill happened.” -RJ Kopchak, fisherman, Cordova, Alaska
