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Montana looking for fishery damage from oil spill

Anchorage Daily News online -- The Associated Press

Published: April 29th, 2012 07:37 AM
Last Modified: April 29th, 2012 07:56 AM

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has collected samples from fish in the Yellowstone River as part of a process to determine if the fishery was damaged by last year's oil spill and if Exxon Mobil Corp. should pay for restoration work.

Workers captured trout and suckers Wednesday downstream of Laurel where the company's pipeline beneath the river broke last July resulting in an estimated 63,000 gallons of oil entering the river. Less than 1 percent was recovered.

The Billings Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/IhdcsN) the work is part of the Natural Resources Damage Assessment overseen by the state Department of Justice.

The state is looking for evidence the fishery

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Submitted Apr 29, 2012 By: Nitewolf

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Eliano Champion Author Baltimore Posts:1,412 Points:388,100 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Apr 30, 2012 2:02:16 PM Ignore Eliano Report Abuse this spill is bad
WalRus49 Champion Author Boston Posts:4,080 Points:869,840 Joined:Nov 2010	Message Posted: Apr 30, 2012 6:25:57 AM Ignore WalRus49 Report Abuse More organized mayhem and pillage...........
lesndave Champion Author Texas Posts:3,042 Points:702,130 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Apr 29, 2012 11:57:06 PM Ignore lesndave Report Abuse Let's get it fixed quickly.
Cakes77 Champion Author Harrisburg Posts:5,166 Points:1,653,720 Joined:Aug 2006	Message Posted: Apr 29, 2012 9:41:59 PM Ignore Cakes77 Report Abuse Lets fix this. Montana is such a beautiful place.
SilverDodge2000 Champion Author Spokane Posts:1,038 Points:186,405 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Apr 29, 2012 5:00:38 PM Ignore SilverDodge2000 Report Abuse Why do I feel that Anchorage Daily News online is a tree hugger club house?
tgusa Champion Author Virginia Beach Posts:2,476 Points:439,875 Joined:Jun 2006	Message Posted: Apr 29, 2012 2:31:29 PM Ignore tgusa Report Abuse follow the $$
djwhit Champion Author Ohio Posts:3,017 Points:1,209,430 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: Apr 29, 2012 2:19:51 PM Ignore djwhit Report Abuse PAY UP,AND GET IT FIXED.......
uglytom Champion Author Florida Posts:7,464 Points:1,542,015 Joined:Jul 2007	Message Posted: Apr 29, 2012 2:13:11 PM Ignore uglytom Report Abuse What's new!
glorioussnookie Champion Author Tennessee Posts:3,761 Points:699,370 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: Apr 29, 2012 2:10:42 PM Ignore glorioussnookie Report Abuse This is so sad! I agree there are way to many spills!!! This needs to be investigated to find out why so many are happening!
Hoporrene Veteran Author Mississippi Posts:312 Points:206,970 Joined:Dec 2011	Message Posted: Apr 29, 2012 1:49:32 PM Ignore Hoporrene Report Abuse Way too many oil spills these days...
TripleHs Champion Author Austin Posts:3,355 Points:918,090 Joined:Oct 2009	Message Posted: Apr 29, 2012 1:37:31 PM Ignore TripleHs Report Abuse oil spills become more common those days
Chem60 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:3,827 Points:814,025 Joined:Oct 2010	Message Posted: Apr 29, 2012 1:25:40 PM Ignore Chem60 Report Abuse If "63,000 gallons of oil entered the river and less than 1 percent was recovered" that leaves a lot of oil still out there. Google the fish and shrimp that is being harvested out of the Gulf after the BP spill.
MontanaMac Champion Author Washington Posts:1,736 Points:410,050 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Apr 29, 2012 1:19:57 PM Ignore MontanaMac Report Abuse They did pay the cleanup bill and if you read carefully (or at all) the article notes they're looking / investigating for damage. Have family on the ground there, involved directly with fisheries, and the word is overall there's been little if any damage to the fishery and shoreline damage has been easy to identify and remediate or develop a plan to address.
northeast2 Champion Author New York Posts:3,849 Points:1,007,200 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Apr 29, 2012 1:12:19 PM Ignore northeast2 Report Abuse Less than 1% recovered.
Dphillips720 Champion Author Michigan Posts:1,407 Points:531,950 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Apr 29, 2012 12:55:43 PM Ignore Dphillips720 Report Abuse Joy
menagerie1013 Champion Author San Diego Posts:2,365 Points:690,740 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Apr 29, 2012 12:44:54 PM Ignore menagerie1013 Report Abuse They should pay for damages and for the cleanup. If less than 1 percent was recovered, there will be a lot of damage.
Der_Meister All-Star Author Salt Lake City Posts:801 Points:63,660 Joined:Nov 2010	Message Posted: Apr 29, 2012 12:08:29 PM Ignore Der_Meister Report Abuse let em pay