There used to be a Pacific Herring fishery off Cordova, Richard.  You can dig down into the beach there and still see the oil sheen on the water that wells up from it.  And if the petroleum consortium had payed of use more than what amounts to a PITTANCE compared to the oil profits they reaped, Alaska would't be in such dire financial states now.  The net flow of wealth from ANY investment by outside corporations is OUT of, not INTO, our state.