That will BBQ right out I bet.

You can find deformed fish all over,not just in the Athabasca..

Shhhhhh

  Can't you see someone is trying to get oil money.

That damn oil has been running into that river for the last 20,000 years.. The EXXON Valdise is child's play compared to that massive oil spill they are trying to clean up there.

That damn oil has been running into that river for the last 20,000 years.. The EXXON Valdise is child's play compared to that massive oil spill they are trying to clean up there.

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In 1979 I was working on a "pre-development" environmental study (AOSERP).

We netted a lot of fish and I don't recall seeing "growths" on them.

The naturally occurring stuff in the river I think is different from some of the chemicals from the facilities up there now.

I hope they find some funding to keep the lakes area research center open.

So because you didnt find any I guess they just didn't exist.

I catch fish in many lake across this country and its not unusual to find fish with abnormal growths on them,, it happens.

As you can see I said "I don't recall seeing growths on them."

I reckon if we had seen a lot of growths I would probably remember that.  If we saw a few I may not recall seeing a few.

It depends on what you call "unusual".  I have caught a lot of fish and seen "very few" growths on any of them.

I don't think any inteligent human that experiences what is happening in our province will deny that we are having some affect on our enviroment. Those of us that work in the industry see it daily first hand. What we try and do is our best to minimise our effect and have respect for the wildlife around us. We are all outdoors people, and we all enjoy the same things. I have said it before and will again, there is not very many people that have worked and played more in this region than I have. I have witnessed the change and transition that is taking place around me. Do I like it ?? well not really. In a perfect world we would all live in BC or Que and would get paid just to be human but we are not. I live in Alberta and as such it has been put upon me to feed the rest of the country. Unforetunetly at the present time this is the best way to do that. My only hope is is that we do clean up our mess as they say we are going to and that what we are doing does not do major permanent damage. When I look at it from a logical and informative point of view I don't see that happening. Mother Earth has a remarkable abilty to heal herself,, thats the way she was designed. This fad will someday pass and we will be on to the next world ending delema in the mean time, all we can do is our best to make a living and care for our surroundings the best we can with the best to date ability we have.

I do not listen to or take radicals of any shape or form on any matters seriously,, they are what they are,, fear mongering radicals. I will only base my asumptions on clear open minded well informed first hand experienced points of view. It is after all the only inteligent stance to take.

Anyone have pictures of a deformed fish that did not come from a water source with "industry" added to it.