Amazing but true. Research from Alabama suggests the recent BP oil spill may have indirectly increased fish stocks in the Gulf of Mexico.
Scientists at Dauphin Island Sea lab have found fish numbers in survey areas have tripled since the most populous part of the Gulf fishery was closed to fishing through spring and summer.
They say it will take several years to discover the full effects of the catastrophe but in the short term it seems fishing may be more of a threat to these fish stocks than the worst oil spill in US history.
Read the full article from Alabama.
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Gives us hope that fish stocks are far more resilient than doom-laden reports would have us believe. As with most of us, a little afternoon (or 6 month) rest can work wonders.