Fish Kill

What is a fish kill?

Here is the link to an article written prepared by Dr. Farahnaz Solomon, Fisheries Biologist, Institute of Marine Affairs published in the Trinidad Express Newspapers on November 16th, 2016. The article goes into detail about fish kills and the many causes of fish kill. http://www.trinidadexpress.com/20161116/features/what-is-a-fish-kill

Yes, oil spills affects organisms, but each organism is affected differently from the other. Different species of fish are affected differently. For example shell fish and fin fish are unaffected by oil or briefly affected by it. However when adult fish when exposed may experienced reduced growth, enlarged livers, changes in heart and respiration rates, fin and reproduction impairment. Oil also affects larval and eggs survival. So we can safely say that not all fish kills are results of oil spills but oil spills do negatively affect fishes.