Heating up on new fees

[MathGeek]

Originally Posted by "W"

I just want SPR#s that's all


Why hold this from us??

Giving the Big Lake spawning numbers without the rest of the state makes it clear that LDWF is witholding the other numbers preferentially.

Giving all the numbers runs the risk of some areas in the state looking worse than the oil spill areas.

A group at USM did a sampling project studying specks in the oil spill area back in 2011. They were in the area sampling fish for their field studies shortly before we were in 2011. They also did some lab studies. Their lab studies got published, their field studies got buried. The description of their work is here:

http://www.northerngulfinstitute.org...ct.php?pid=150

We have eager awaited release of their field results for three years. It has not been forthcoming. Their lab results shows some small reductions in growth when specks are exposed to oil and dispersants in the lab. I suspect their field results got buried because they did not show any problems with reproduction or growth associated with the spill.