CBS: LSU professor says BP oil disaster likely cause of Gulf fish with eroded fins and large dark lesions -- Almost 50% of snapper had infections in some areas (VIDEO)

August 23rd, 2011 at 08:44 AM

Expert: BP spill likely cause of sick Gulf fish - CBS News, August 15, 2011:

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NOAA warns of sick fish with lesions and discolored skin in Gulf -- LSU scientist studying problem "very worried"

May 31st, 2011 at 05:19 PM

NOAA confirms sick fish in Gulf, Pensacola News Journal, May 25, 2011:

[...] for the first ... Read more >>

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CNN reports on "fish with strange sores" in Gulf

April 20th, 2011 at 02:28 PM

Gulf oil disaster still puzzles scientists, CNN, April 20, 2011 at 11:53 am EDT:

One year ... Read more >>

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Fish with lesions are coming up every catch, fishermen from Pensacola and Panama City say

March 31st, 2011 at 09:12 AM

Gulf Coast Residents Dismayed as Effects of Oil Spill Continue, Courthouse News, March 30, 2011:

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LSU professor: “There’s nothing there” — Fishermen “telling us that the reefs are just dead”

March 10th, 2011 at 07:24 PM

"We expect that if there is going to be a problem from the spill, it's going to be in reproductive biology" - James Cowan, a veteran researcher and professor at Louisiana State University's Department of Oceanography and Coastal Science ... Read more >>

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The List: Is Gulf seafood safe? (MUST READ)

February 10th, 2011 at 07:31 PM

The following reports are presented in response to the State of Louisiana's latest press release ... Read more >>

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State of Louisiana: You can eat 1,500+ jumbo Gulf shrimp A DAY and not exceed FDA contamination levels

February 10th, 2011 at 06:35 PM

Louisiana state officials confirm seafood safety; state has tested more than 1,000 composite samples of ... Read more >>

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Researchers who caught mullets filled with oil “did not catch non-oiled fish”

December 22nd, 2010 at 10:22 AM

Email from John Pierce Wise, Sr., Ph.D., Director of the Maine Center for Toxicology and ... Read more >>

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New Orleans toxicologist warns about seafood, urges family members not to eat it — Only 8 ounces of fish tested to open 10,000 square miles

December 20th, 2010 at 06:39 AM

Safety of Gulf seafood debated 8 months after BP oil spill, Times-Picayune, December 19, 2010:

"Since ... Read more >>

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“Dangerously High Levels”: Snapper caught near Pensacola, FL “contaminated with nearly 3,000 PPM of total petroleum hydrocarbons”

December 20th, 2010 at 05:02 AM

EXCLUSIVE TEST RESULTS: Red Snapper Sample from Off Pensacola Shows Dangerously High Levels of Contamination ... Read more >>

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Two fish “FILLED with oil” caught by member of whale research crew while in Gulf

November 25th, 2010 at 12:45 PM

USM team tracks oil spill's effect on whales, Morning Sentinel (Maine), November 24, 2010:

John Wise, ... Read more >>

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“A continuum of polluted water may still exist” from wellhead to shoreline — “Shrimp, crab, oysters and menhaden appear to have been considerably harmed by the spill”

November 25th, 2010 at 12:01 PM

Note the "research for the entire study is supported by Chevron." ... Read more >>

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"Shrimp peelings are inexplicably washing up on Grand Isle’s shores"

November 24th, 2010 at 09:33 AM

"Fishermen are still finding oily shrimp and fish with oil in their gills" ... Read more >>

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Shrimper: They’re killing everybody real slow — No bycatch; Big yellowfin tuna swimming nearshore (VIDEO)

November 18th, 2010 at 08:46 AM

Excerpt from "Gulf Shrimping decimated" by CleanTheGulf, November 16, 2010:

Full video by CleanTheGulf, November 16, ... Read more >>

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Dispersant? The slime is gone off the fish -- After 28 days my clothes still didn't smell like fish (VIDEO)

November 18th, 2010 at 07:30 AM

Excerpt from "Gulf Shrimping decimated" by CleanTheGulf, November 16, 2010:

Full video by CleanTheGulf, November ... Read more >>

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All 40 scientists agree at meeting: "Fish in the Gulf of Mexico will continue to get sick, die or fail to reproduce as a result" of oil -- What about the people?

November 11th, 2010 at 04:27 PM

"Vast amounts of larvae from crabs, fish and shrimp also perished." ... Read more >>

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Toxicologist: “We tested a good number of seafood samples and in 100 percent we found petroleum” — Gov’t tests “little more than a farce”

November 11th, 2010 at 10:55 AM

"We found not only petroleum in the digestive tracts [of shrimp], but also in the edible portions of fish." ... Read more >>

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Photo surfaces of black substance inside large fish caught by Florida man in late September

October 30th, 2010 at 04:44 PM

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"It just shows that the oil did not disappear but is slowly getting into the food chain." ... Read more >>

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Feds' press release says NOAA, FDA now testing for dispersant: Corexit ingredient DOSS found in 13 samples -- Up to 500 ppm allowed in shrimp, crabs, oysters

October 29th, 2010 at 05:55 PM

NOAA and FDA Announce Chemical Test for Dispersant in Gulf Seafood, Press Release, October 29, ... Read more >>

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Captain: Mullet observed eating "dispersant as it gathered along the tide line"

October 22nd, 2010 at 06:37 AM

The Gulf Between Us, Orion magazine, November/December 2010 issue:

The captain seated across from me seemed ... Read more >>

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DISPERSED OIL accumulates in menhaden fish found during massive kills, “MOST LIKELY” going to be “FATAL” — Filter feeder’s mouth “ringed with oil-like chocolate”

September 20th, 2010 at 01:01 PM

Oil dispersants a threat to Gulf breeding grounds, fishery experts say, Palm Beach Post, July ... Read more >>

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FDA tops NOAA: Oil-contaminated fish are clear “WITHIN A MATTER OF DAYS”! (VIDEO)

August 20th, 2010 at 02:34 PM

Gulf Oil Spill and Seafood Safety Government Panel, House Committee Energy & Commerce, Energy and ... Read more >>

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NOAA: Oil-contaminated fish are “safe to eat” within a few weeks (VIDEO)

August 5th, 2010 at 06:25 AM

NOAA Administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco, August ... Read more >>

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Florida Officials: Testing fishing areas for toxic dispersants “a waste of money and resources”

July 13th, 2010 at 01:14 AM

Gulf seafood tested for oil but not dispersant, Palm Beach Post, July 12, 2010:

[N]o one ... Read more >>

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Head of NOAA Gulf seafood testing: There’s “NOT a chemical test” done for dispersant — but we’re working on it (VIDEO)

July 9th, 2010 at 08:33 PM

Lab Checks Safety of Seafood, CNN, July 8, 2010:

But all of these tests are only ... Read more >>

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*CAUTION* Restaurants serving Corexit-tainted seafood? CNN reports NO Gulf seafood tested for dispersants (VIDEO)

July 8th, 2010 at 06:45 PM

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, CNN, July 8, 2010:

There's a question about dispersants... The ... Read more >>

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“No one buying” fish from the Tampa Bay area; Fisherman “wondering whether the entire industry will shut down in the next few weeks”

June 19th, 2010 at 11:07 AM

Attorneys advise fishermen about oil spill damages, Hernando Today, June 18, 2010:

"Fish houses just don't ... Read more >>

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