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Originally Posted by "W"
After talking with Mr Chris I now know why, some belive they don't want people to know the fisheries are in good health and that would mean less BP sue money
Sad Sad Sad that our own WL&F black ball the people who pay their salaries
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The fisheries data should be available. We've asked and been turned down with lawyerly letters.
Our first LA fisheries study was assessing the inshore species in Terrebonne and Barataria bays the year after the spill. Things were a tiny bit down, but well within annual variations. The inshore species in Big Lake were actually significantly worse in 2011 than in the oil spill area.
Habitat loss and oyster reef issues are hurting the inshore species more than the oil spill ever did. I've also read many of the papers on other fishery impact studies, and other than the closures in 2010, lingering impact in following years is very small and hard to discern.