Marine Pollution Control8631 West Jefferson Avenue
Detroit, MI 48209 USA
313.849.2333 - 24/hour
11324 E Lakewood Blvd., #12 & #13
Holland, MI 49424
800-521-8232 – 24/Hour
GSA Contract #: GS-10F-0268R
Need help using GSA? Click here.
You are here: Home 
Environmental News Studies: Gulf of Mexico dolphins continue to be devastated by oil spill
Environmental News Studies: Gulf of Mexico dolphins continue to be devastated by oil spillStudies: Gulf of Mexico dolphins continue to be devastated by oil spill
April 3, 2015
NOAA has released a summary of five years of post-oil spill research on dolphins in the Gulf and the findings aren't good. The summary says quote, "Evidence suggests that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is a contributor to the largest and longest lasting dolphin die-off on record in the Gulf of Mexico."
Dr. Moby Solangi with the Marine Mammal Institute of Gulfport explained what he's seen. He said, "We saw approximately about a 300% increase in dolphin deaths and about a 1500% increase in sea turtle deaths."
Dr. Solangi said while those numbers are significant, more people were also looking for the animals in the aftermath of the spill. Dr. Solangi knows the difficulties that dolphins face and he said the oil spill is just one of them.