tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post4190753387055555429..comments2024-03-18T15:42:43.140+13:00Comments on Offsetting Behaviour: Oils spills versus fishingEric Cramptonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-29414617723409320932010-11-08T13:54:02.117+13:002010-11-08T13:54:02.117+13:00@Lats: Well, yeah, but you can't run that expe...@Lats: Well, yeah, but you can't run that experiment. We can say that the oil spill had far far far less effect than fishing did.Eric Cramptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-40600613400216771542010-11-08T13:18:35.610+13:002010-11-08T13:18:35.610+13:00The Gulf of Mexico, plus oil spill minus fishing, ...<i>The Gulf of Mexico, plus oil spill minus fishing, has three times as much fish as it had with no oil spill but with fishing.</i><br /><br />Of course a true measure of the impact of fishing would be GoM - fishing vs GoM + fishing, where the spill isn't a contributing factor. I imagine it is difficult to say for sure what the true impact of the oil spill is on fish stocks, that would be found by comparing GoM + fishing + oil vs GoM + fishing - oil. We'll never really know for sure, but the greeny lurking beneath my surface suspects it had at least some significant short-term impact. Luckily nature seems pretty resiliant...Latsnoreply@blogger.com