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On the contrary, a comprehensive new study says that in some of the most heavily fished areas of the Gulf of Mexico, various forms of sea life, from shrimp to sharks, have seen their populations triple since before the spill.

Could that be because there was no fishing going on for 10 months??

There may be more fish but that does not mean they are safe to eat.

I don't trust the gov't saying these fish are now safe to eat...I would like to see a true independent review and testing.

Could that be because there was no fishing going on for 10 months??

Bacteria eat the oil, other critters eat the bacteria, and on up the food chain...More food for the bacteria translates to more food all the way up.

I would like to see a true independent review and testing.

Me, too. I work in the oil industry, and I don't trust the government, either.

Could that be because there was no fishing going on for 10 months??

Could that be because microbes specially adapted to eat naturally occurring oil from seeps have been having the feast of their lives?

Could it be that fish feed on these microbes?

Could it be that oil is an excellent (albeit expensive and messy) fertilizer?

Could it be that Bonehead Gore and the rest of the enviro-wacko lobby were wrong about an oil spill ruining the Gulf's ecology forever?

Your post seems to ignore the naturally occurring phenomenon that has been going on forever. Oil and hydrocarbons have been a part of the gulf ecosystem before we ever considered fishing and consuming them. Nore damage is and has been done by increasing the flow of the Mississippi into the gulf and the introduction of phosphates than oil ever will have.

Quite interesting that you ascribe some level of real wisdom to the very scientific community that has become self serving and intrusuive, acting as if all that is now is man made and that nature has never before experienced it and we are evil. You have eaten gulf sea food products for generations that have adapted to this natural state and they never hurt you, so what has changed?

Their intent has, they think they can control us with their theories and suppositions. I say no to all of them and acknowledge the creator made the earth for us and these are all part of it, only the hysteria caused by their need to tell us how to live has changed.

It also would stand to reason that the geographic distribution of sea life might have been altered. The fish simply move away from the oil spill. That would increase the density of fish in unaffected areas temporarily.