The scientists of the American Fisheries Society spent four years working on a position paper on how mining and fossil-fuel extraction affect fisheries.
The result of the work should surprise no one: it concludes that mining and drilling can affect water quality and aquatic ecosystems, and generally adversely.
It's some of the finer detail in just HOW extractive industry affects fish that can be startling. Dr. Carol Ann Woody and Robert Hughes of AFS set out the pathways of the research and the findings.
