“We still are seeing sick fish offshore and the USF survey confirmed our findings of 2 to 5 percent of red snapper being affected,” James Cowan, an oceanography professor at Louisiana State University, said in an email to the Tampa Bay Times.
In addition, Cowan said, laboratory studies of those sick fish “are beginning to trickle out that show that chronic exposure to oil and dispersant causes everything from impacts to the genome to compromised immune systems. Similar findings … are being found in shrimps and crabs in the same locations.”
While Murawski is cautious about saying there’s a connection, Cowan, who has been studying fish in the gulf for 25 years, said, “I absolutely believe these things are connected to the spill.” USF study finds more sick fish in oil spill area than rest of Gulf of Mexico
In addition, Cowan said, laboratory studies of those sick fish “are beginning to trickle out that show that chronic exposure to oil and dispersant causes everything from impacts to the genome to compromised immune systems. Similar findings … are being found in shrimps and crabs in the same locations.”
While Murawski is cautious about saying there’s a connection, Cowan, who has been studying fish in the gulf for 25 years, said, “I absolutely believe these things are connected to the spill.” USF study finds more sick fish in oil spill area than rest of Gulf of Mexico
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