The Kodiak Island Borough is also looking into the issue. We will continue our efforts to coordinate with both industry and the borough on it. The mayors also said they want more environmental education in the communities around Kodiak Island. The citizens' council is also concerned, and is seeking grant money for annual oil spill education in the communities affected by the Exxon Valdez spill. ComFish Alaska '98, Kodiak We took our information booth to the ComFish Alaska '98 trade show in Kodiak March 27-29.
Commercial fishing is one of our largest constituent groups.
At the show, we talked with over a hundred people from Kodiak about what the citizens' council does and why it is important to fishing. The Tatitlek Village IRA Council appointed a new representative to the RCAC Board of Directors. John Allen was seated on the Board on December 3, 1997. John is a former President of the Tatitlek Corporation and has fished and operated a tender in Prince William Sound and related waters. His task on the Board of Directors is to represent the Native Village of Tatitlek on a wide range of issues related to the safe transportation of Trans-Alaska Pipeline System oil, including oil spill response and prevention, scientific studies in Prince William Sound, Lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Island, and mental health impacts from oil spills.