The Exxon Valdez was one of the worst things that ever happened to commercial salmon fishermen. They could not fish vast areas of Alaska for one season... and not a great season, either. But the rivers were so flooded with fish it was incredible! Adding to the dilemma of people actually seeing what a serious run looks like was their "over-escapement" mantra. Doubling down on stupid they kept talking about how horrible each run parented by that season (1989) would be. Every run in every area came back in incredible size with monster fish (of the fish that stay in freshwater after hatching) for two generations.
