Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation 2004 Southeast Alaska Coastal Survey...

In 2004, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC), as part of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Western States Coastal Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program, Surveyed Alaska's Southeast province. This survey...was part of a larger National Coastal Assessment (NCA) on-going assessment of the aquatic resource status of the nation's coastline” (p 4). The report concludes that Southeast Alaska's coastal waters are rated "good”. Coastal index components include water quality, sediment quality, and fish tissue contaminants.