the current wind and forecast, the leading edge of the spill as we said before it could reach kodiak islandhis weekend. service personnel and the other national response team are trying to identify and prioritize those areas that should be protected in the islands. two service vessels are being moved into the area and damage consisting of the bird surveys and mammal surveys and sea otters to determine how many of those critters have been affected and how many have been affected adversely. the assessment is under the provisionings of comprehensive and environmental response act is being initiated and that is what our people are doing now, and in the process of picking ul the oil, and injured wildlife, they are making counts to be used in the future to gain compensation. that concludes my prepared statements, mr. chairman, and i'd be glad to try to answer any questions that you have. >> yes. chairman stephens? >> chairman, on april 4th, i received a prediction of the trajectory of the oil spill from dr. royer, and i have sent it to the various teams working on it. i think it is very important

the remainder will travel south toward the westward shore of kodiak island, here the coastal current becomes less intense and cross shelf mixing of the oil will take place. there is some unknown action of oil entering that will continue down the illusion island chain. here the coastal current is not as intense, but as broad diffuse flow as opposed to the narrow coastal flow. some unknown portion of the oil, whatever portion remains in the water column, should begin to go through the pass in june our july, that is the past that the crystal bay fish growth here in crystal bay. the upper water layers of the area should be flushes are we saw the deep waters might not be flushed until fall, on the deepwater renewal takes place. the coastal flow increases in the fall up to 3.5 knots due to the annual precipitation cycle and the shed rapidly transport the oil out of the sound to the west. his predictions then interpret, means that the oil should be in cook in light sometime between april tons and 16th, should arrive at kodiak sometime between april 14 and 21, and it will be in a no pass some