Biology

Apparently some guy who was doing the cleanup lifted up a rock and found a lot of oil underneath.
Insects generally live under the rocks, and are a primary food source for the salmon living there.
I thought that we could do an in-depth study of the life cycles of the salmon returning from the estuary, and try to understand how they will be affected by the spill.

Another question would be whether or not there are insects that actually eat the oil (yes they do exist) and how they are contributing to the clean up.

We could do some kind of test on a dead fish (oil levels), though it is hard to extract that kind of oil from a fish which is primarily fat. Another question would be: Do the fish die to secondary infection, or do they die immediately when exposed to the oil? We can call Fishers and Oceans Canada or just go on the website and ask some of these questions!

We could call the DFO.

With all of the information we gather, I think it is important to do an in depth study of the long term effects on the ecosystem, including plant life, insects, small fish, and the salmon.