Cika wannan jumla: Tsayawa na mai mai "Exxon Valdez" a Prince William Sound a ranar 24 ga Maris, 1989, ya haifar da
gurɓataccen bakin teku na Kenai Fjords. A farkon watan Afrilu, ma'aikatan Ma'aikatar Kula da Gidajen sun kafa layin da ke hana man fetur a bakin kogin kifin salmon kuma sun gudanar da lissafin farko na tsire-tsire da dabbobi da man zai iya shafar su. Man fetur na farko ya isa ranar 10 ga Afrilu. A cikin lokaci, kusan bakin teku ya kasance mai, wanda ya kai kimanin kashi 4 cikin dari na dukkanin bakin teku. Yankunan da aka fi shafa sune wuraren da aka fi shafa. Man fetur bai isa fjords ba, wanda ruwa mai zurfi ya gudana daga ƙasar. Tsaftacewa ya kasance da wahala, kamar yadda man ya zama mai tarry emulsion wanda ba za a iya skimmed, kuma dole ne a dredged. An dakatar da aikin kakar wasa ta farko a watan Satumba. An ci gaba da aiki a shekara ta gaba kuma ya ci gaba a 1991. A wannan shekarar Exxon ya sasanta tare da gwamnatin tarayya da ta Alaska, suna biyan dala miliyan 870 a cikin asusun sabuntawa, wasu daga cikinsu an keɓe su ne don Kenai Fjords.