U.S. BRIEFS

U.S. DISTRICT COURT in Anchorage awarded 16 fisher men more than $2.5 million in damages stemming from a July 1987 oil spill. Trinidad Corp.'s Glacier Bay tanker spilled about 800-5,000 bbl of oil into Cook Inlet when it ran aground. The jury decided the Glacier Bay spill caused a loss of income for the fishermen during the record 1987 red salmon season in the inlet. A second phase of the lawsuit will determine if the defendant owes punitive damages.