• DOI:10.1139/F2011-171
Corpus ID: 53585645

Impact of the Deepwater Horizon well blowout on the economics of US Gulf fisheries

@article{Sumaila2012ImpactOT,
  title={Impact of the Deepwater Horizon well blowout on the economics of US Gulf fisheries},
  author={U. R. Sumaila and A. Cisneros-Montemayor and A. Dyck and Ling Huang and W. Cheung and W. L. Cheung and J. Jacquet and K. Kleisner and Vicky W. Y. Lam and Ashley Mccrea-Strub and W. Swartz and R. Watson and Dirk Zeller and D. Pauly},
  journal={Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences},
  year={2012},
  volume={69},
  pages={499-510}
}

U. R. Sumaila, A. Cisneros-Montemayor, +12 authors D. Pauly

Published 2012

Environmental Science

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Marine oil spills usually harm organisms at two interfaces: near the water surface and on shore. However, because of the depth of the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon well blowout, deeper parts of the Gulf of Mexico are likely impacted. We estimate the potential negative economic effects of this blowout and oil spill on commercial and recreational fishing, as well as mariculture (marine aquaculture) in the US Gulf area, by computing potential losses throughout the fish value chain. We find that the… CONTINUE READING

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