Where do the fish go? And will it affect them alot?

I am not a marine scientist BUT I will give you my opinion as fishing out of Venice is really my only passion......besides this addicting website.

Its all questions at this point. I believe many offshore species such as blackfin tuna and yellowfin, bull durado, sharks et. will rebound within a short period of time if affected to any big degree to begin with.

Various types of snapper and other bottom dwellers such as grouper are possibly another story. Ive read where snapper pretty much only move seven miles or so from where they are hatched. Will they move or not move out of the way of this crap?

Dispersants if sinking the oil may affect bottom dwellers. Also they will affect plankton and pogies and hardtails which are an essential part of the food chain. How much of an effect is alao a guess at this time.

I believe inshore species will be most affected speckle trout and redfish and their food sources will be desimated as this crap collects inshore.

Oysters will be subject to water quality as they are filter feeders and shrimp will move if they are large enough to do so.......small shrimp are subject to moving with currents and tidal movement and so many that contact the oil and/or dispersant will perish.


I look for many fishing restrictions such as bans and extreme reduced bag limits to take place for years to come. Primarily because it will take that long for federal backed studies to be conducted but also because that was the general direction we were going in due to the political climate. (Obama White House)

I thought a marine biologist said the it would just make the fish taste weird for a while. Fish will not be toxic to one another.

They will die.