Impact of Gulf Oil Spill

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IMPACT OF GULF OIL SPILL

1. ENVIRONMENT

Birds

Mammals

Sea turtles and other reptiles

Fish and aquatic invertebrates

Wildlife Refuges

Immediate Impacts

In the months following the Gulf oil disaster, wildlife managers, rescue crews, scientists

and researchers saw man immediate impacts of the oil impacting wildlife!

"il coated birds# feathers, causing birds to lose their buoanc and the abilit to regulate bod

temperature!

Mammals could have ingested oil, which causes ulcers and internal bleeding!

Sea turtles were covered in oil

$ead and ding deep sea corals were discovered seven miles from the $eepwater %ori&on well!

Long Term Impacts

'hough oil is no longer readil visible on the surface, it isn(t gone! Scientists have found

significant amounts on the Gulf floor, and the oil that has alread washed into wetlands

and beaches will li)el persist for ears!

Sick Dolphins

*s part of the official investigation into impacts of the $eepwater %ori&on disaster, a

team of scientists did comprehensive phsicals on dolphins in Barataria Ba in +--,

a heavil.oiled area of the /ouisiana coast! 0earl half the dolphins studied were

ver ill1 -2 percent of the dolphins were not e3pected to survive!

Sea T!"les S"!an#in$ a" %& No!'al Ra"es

$ata from the Sea 'urtle Stranding and Salvage 0etwor) indicates that between -456

and +4, an average of nearl - sea turtles were found stranded annuall in the oil

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spill area! Since the spill, each ear roughl 7 sea turtles have been found stranded,

most of which were the ver endangered 8emp(s ridle sea turtles!

Un(alance# Foo# )e(

'he Gulf oil disaster hit at the pea) breeding season for man species of fish and

wildlife! 'he oil(s to3icit ma have hit egg and larval organisms immediatel,

diminishing or even wiping out those age classes! Without these

generations, population dips and cascading food web effects ma become evident in

the ears ahead!

Dec!ease# Fish an# )il#li*e Popla"ions

Scientists will be watching fluctuations in wildlife populations for ears to come! It

wasn#t until four ears after the -454 933on :alde& oil disaster that the herring

population collapsed! 'went ears later, it is still has not recovered!

+. ECONOMIC

Fishin$ In#s"!,

'his is the pea) of the spawning season for man species of Gulf fish, crabs

and osters, and the effects of the spill are e3pected to greatl reduce the

quantit of marine life for several generations! 9ven as ;S commercial

seafood harvests have dropped slightl over the last decade, the Gulf billion industr! 0ineteen

percent of the Gulf 6, square miles, is currentl closed to

fishing, between the Mississippi River and the ?ensacola Ba! It is assumed

that the migrator species of fish to be most affected!

Richard Shelb, a Republican Senator from *labama, wrote in a letter to


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the crisis we now face is man.made! If the oil continues to spill in the Gulf

unabated, it will not onl destro the fisheries this ear, but will adversel

impact the Gulf(s ecosstem for decades! *labama(s fishing industr

represents one of the largest economic engines in the state which accounting

for more than =5 million in sales and nearl -5, obs! We must

proactivel wor) to adequatel deal with this situation!C

To!is' In#s"!,

'he region(s tourism industr also faces devastation, which would further

diminish obs and state revenues, with the impact alread being felt in states

where oil has et to come ashore!

'his threatened bust for the )e tourism sector comes in the midst of a deep

and prolonged recession fueled b a mortgage crisis that caused enormous

losses in propert values and thus ta3 revenues in man of the affected

areas! /ouisiana(s industries, in man respects still recovering from the

%urricane 8atrina disaster, are particularl hard hit! 'ourism in /ouisiana is

centered in part on game.fishing charters in the wetlands!

Growing concern has been e3pressed b the $epartment of the Interior thatthe part of the Gulf Stream called the loop current will carr oil into the

region of the Florida 8es which is the home to a coral reef that is b all

accounts particularl sensitive from up the east coast of Florida as far north

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/inda %ornsb, director of the Mississippi %otel and /odging *ssociation, told the

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Oil !i$ 0o!ke!s

$rilling platform crew members have faced dangerous conditions, along with management that

punishes emploees for ma)ing complaints!

Resi#en"s

?eople who live along the coastline suffered propert damage and have been e3posed to

dangerous levels of poisonous chemicals!

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toll.five.ears.after.deepwater.hori&on.e3plosion.-555+

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Environment

Effect towards:

2i!#s . inabilit to fl

Ma''als . ingestion of oil

Sea "!"les an# o"he! !ep"iles . inabilit

to move and breath

Fish an# a3a"ic ine!"e(!a"es .

mutation

)il#li*e Re*$es . choral that destroed

and the sea floor pollution

9conomic

9ffect towards@

Fishin$ In#s"!, . decreasing of fishing

area as well as the decrease of fish and

other seafood!

To!is' In#s"!, . damage of the

tourism attraction such as home of the

choral reef!

-ospi"ali", In#s"!, . tourist was afraid

that the will be affected thus man

cancellation of hotel reservation!

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SocialDsociet

9ffect towards@

Cleanp 0o!ke!s

Fishe!'en

Vessels o* Oppo!"ni", oln"ee!s

O,s"e!'en an# sh!i'pe!s

Oil !i$ 0o!ke!s

Resi#en"s

Vaca"ione!s

"il contains petroleum

hdrocarbons, which are to3icand irritating to the s)in andairwas! It also contains volatilechemicals, called :"

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