CONTROVERSIES IN THE GULF
SURFACE OIL SLICKS - OR NOT?
Massive stretches of weathered oil spotted in Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard says substance found floating in Gulf is algae, not oil
LAYER OF OIL ON THE BOTTOM - OR NOT?
Research teams find oil on bottom of Gulf
"Last week, Steve Lehmann, a scientist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and a top science adviser to the Coast Guard, told the New Orleans Times-Picayune that his agency has not found any oil on the seafloor.
"The concept of a big slick of oil sinking to the bottom is kind of an anathema," he said. "We have not found anything that we would consider actionable at 5,000 feet or 5 feet.""
FISH KILLED BY OIL - OR NOT?
Deepwater Horizon Response Consolidated Fish and Wildlife Collection Report,
October 14, 2010
(6104 collected dead birds, 605 collected dead sea turtles, 97 collected dead marine mammals)
No Evidence Gulf Oil Spill Killed Fish, Says NOAA
Note that this article discusses just "finfish" and does not cover impacts to birds, marine mammals and other wildlife. Also note all the qualifying language.
