Researchers say tuna likely fine after spill

WASHINGTON - Last year's BP oil spill probably won't push thetroubled bluefin tuna Gulf of Mexico population over the edge assome scientists had worried, a federal analysis shows.

Of all the potential damage from the 172 million gallon spill inApril 2010, scientists had been most concerned about how the oilspill would harm an already overfished species of large tuna. That'sbecause about one-fifth of the spawning habitat where the Gulf'sbaby tuna were living was coated with oil, according to satelliterecords. Tuna less than a year old are most vulnerable to pollution.

An analysis by the National Oceanic and AtmosphericAdministration, using two different …