Gulf Oil Spill Disaster — Spawn of the Living Dead

grrlscientist writes "A recently published study, intended to provide data to commercial fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico so they maximize their catch of Yellowfin Tuna, Thunnus albacares, whilst avoiding bycatch of critically endangered Atlantic (Northern) Bluefin Tuna, Thunnus thynnus, suggests that the Deepwater Horizon oil leak may devastate the endangered Atlantic bluefin population, causing it to completely collapse or possibly go extinct."

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Title?

[Ltap]

While it is a serious issue, I'll give Slashdot readers enough credit to actually read this story based on its importance, rather than an exaggerated, attention-grabbing title.

Re:Ummm, no

[spun]

How do you know that the dispersants don't taste like ponzu sauce? Because that would be awesome. Except for the cancer.

Re:Rectifying interference with more interference?

[Swanktastic]

Do you care that the ecosystem rebounds in a few million years?

Re:"Businesses can regulate themselves" my ass.

[roman_mir]

Punishment does not work if it is not done correctly. Punish the management and it will work.

More importantly than that, in life people may not necessarily pay attention to possibility of punishment because they may believe they will get away with murder or anything else.

But in a large company, with MANY people working there, if the blame for the problem can be assigned to more than one person and everybody is aware of the possible consequences punishment will work.

It will work because in case of a company it concerns not a single individual but many people.

Probably one of the most important steps in punishment though is confiscation of all money and property. This must be part of the punishment to severe forms of crime like the one BP, Transocean and Halliburton have committed here.

oh, and shooting in the head is not optional.