Gulf of Mexico Stock Footage

View the changes to the Gulf of Mexico marine ecosystem as impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the new Gulf of Mexico stock footage collection. Glimpse a world of vulnerable species, from playful coastal sea birds to healthy spawning coral and endangered sea turtles. Take witness of the bounty of a Louisiana fisherman prior to the spill, a rich and diverse livelihood that has populated these shores for centuries. See how intricate ecosystems have adapted over time to the presence of an oil rig underwater, life growing vibrant along a massive girded structure beneath the living ocean. Then view recent footage of the oil spill and affected areas; a stagnant sea of brown, lifeless water and shorelines.

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Gulf of Mexico Categories
All Gulf of Mexico Fishing Boat Leaves Harbor	Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill Louisiana Coast Effected By Oil Spill	Gulf Of Mexico Birds Brown Pelican
Gulf Of Mexico Coral Reef Coral Spawning	Gulf Of Mexico Fishing Unloading Shrimp Net On A Trawler	Gulf Of Mexico Oil Platform Life Growing On Oil Platform
Gulf Of Mexico Reptiles Loggerhead Turtle On Sand Bottom

Gulf of Mexico Species List

Help us gather a comprehensive video resource of all of the species and ecosystems threatened by this spill. The list of species is massive. We are very interested in submissions of other subjects from the Gulf region including pre-spill pristine natural habitats, aerials of the coastal and nearby inland communities, commercial fishing, oilrigs and post-spill disastrous effects.

Gulf of Mexico Birds
Red-throated Loon Common Loon Least Grebe Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Eared Grebe Western Grebe Yellow-nosed Albatross Greater Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Wilson's Storm-Petrel Leach's Storm-Petrel Masked Booby Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Northern Gannet American White Pelican Brown Pelican Double-crested Cormorant Neotropic Cormorant Anhinga Magnificent Frigatebird American Bittern Least Bittern Great Blue Heron Great White Heron Little Blue Heron Tricolored Heron Green Heron Black-crowned Night Heron Yellow-crowned Night Heron Great Egret Snowy Egret Reddish Egret Cattle Egret White Ibis Glossy Ibis White-faced Ibis Roseate Spoonbill Wood Stork Black-bellied Whistling Duck Mottled Duck	Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Gadwall Greater Scaup Yellow Rail Black Rail Clapper Rail King Rail Virginia Rail Sora Purple Gallinule Common Moorhen American Coot Black-bellied Plover American Golden Plover Mongolian Plover Snowy Plover Wilson's Plover Semipalmated Plover Piping Plover Killdeer American Oystercatcher Black-necked Stilt American Avocet Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Upland Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Least Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Purple Sandpiper Curlew Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Willet Eskimo Curlew Black-tailed Godwit Hudsonian Godwit Marbled Godwit	Ruddy Turnstone Red Knot Sanderling Dunlin Ruff Short-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher Common Snipe American Woodcock Wilson's Phalarope Red-necked Phalarope Red Phalarope Pomarine Jaeger Parasitic Jaeger Long-tailed Jaeger Laughing Gull Franklin's Gull Little Gull Bonaparte's Gull Ring-billed Gull California Gull Herring Gull Thaer's Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Glaucous Gull Great Black-backed Gull Sabine's Gull Black-legged Kittiwake Gull-billed Tern Caspian Tern Royal Tern Sandwich Tern Common Tern Arctic Tern Forster's Tern Least Tern Bridled Tern Sooty Tern Black Tern Brown Noddy Black Skimmer Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow Seaside Sparrow

Gulf of Mexico Reptiles
Loggerhead Sea Turtle Green Sea Turtle Kemp's Redley Sea Turtle Leatherback Sea Turtle Common Snapping Turtle Alligator Snapping Turtle Diamond-back Terrapin River Cooter Red-eared Slider Eastern Mud Turtle Common Musk Turtle	Racer Mud Snake Speckled Kingsnake Salt Marsh Snake Mississippi Green Water Snake Diamondback Water Snake Graham's Crawfish Snake Glossy Crawfish Snake Brown Snake Western Ribbon Snake Cottonmouth American Alligator

Gulf of Mexico Amphibians

Gulf Coast Toad
Northern Cricket Frog
Green Tree Frog
Squirrel Tree Frog
Eastern Narrow-mouth Toad
Bullfrog
Bronze Frog
Southern Leopard Frog
Lesser Siren

Gulf of Mexico Invertebrates
Arrow Squid Atlantic Brief Squid Atlantic Marsh Fiddler Atlantic Mud Crab Australian Jellyfish Banded Porcelain Crab Banded Snapping Shrimp Beach Mole Crab Benedict Sand Crab Blue Crab Brief Squid Brittle Star Spp Broadback Mud Crab Brown Rangia Clam Brown Rock Shrimp Brown Shrimp Cabbagehead Calico Box Crab Calocaris Lobster Carolina Marsh Clam Cherrystone Clam Coarsehead Ladycrab Coastal Mud Shrimp Common Octopus Conrads False Mussel Crepidula Fornicata Cryptic Teardrop Crab Dana Swimming Crab Delta Shrimp Donax Shell Dwarf Humpback Shrimp Dwarf Surf Clam Eastern Oyster Elbow Crab Fivespine Purse Crab Flame Box Crab Flatback Mud Crab Flecked Box Crab Florida Lady Crab Four-eye Jelly	Furrowed Frog Crab Furrowed Mud Crab Grass Shrimp Green Porcelain Crab Green Snapping Shrimp Gulf Squareback Crab Gulf Stone Crab Heavy Mud Crab Hooked Mussel Humpback Shrimp Iridescent Swimming Crab Isopod Spp Knobbed Mud Crab Lesser Blue Crab Lesser Rock Shrimp Lightning Whelk Lobate Mud Crab Lobed Moon Shell Longfin Squid Longnose Spider Crab Longwrist Hermit Crab Mantis Shrimp Mud Crab Spp Mud Shrimp Mysid Shrimp Net Clinger Ovalpes Ocelellatus Oystershell Mud Crab P. Paludosus P. Pugio Peppermint Shrimp Persephona Aquilonaris Pink Shrimp Pistol Shrimp Portly Spider Crab Portunus Spinicarpus Portunus Spinimanus Purse Crab R. Harrisii	Rangia Clam Redleg Humpback Shrimp Ridgeback Mud Crab Rock Shrimp Spp Rose Petal Tellin Clam Roughneck Shrimp Royal Red Shrimp Saltmarsh Mud Crab Sand Dollar Sargassum Shrimp Sargassum Swimming Crab Says Tellin Clam Sea Slug Sea Squirt Seabob Sharkseye Snail Smooth Elbow Crab Smooth Mud Crab Southern Oyster Drill Speckeled Swimming Crab Spotted Porcelain Crab Squid Spp Squilla Spp Starfish Spp Stilt Spider Crab Striped Porcelain Crab Striped Snapping Shrimp Surf Mole Crab Thinstripe Hermit Crab Tunicate Spp Whelk Spp White Elbow Crab Yellow Box Crab

Gulf of Mexico Fish
Alligator Gar African Pompano Albacore Tuna Almaco Jack Anchor Tilefish Antenna Codlet Atlantic Bonito Atlantic Croaker Atlantic Bumper Atlantic Cutlassfish Atlantic Needlefish Atlantic Sharpnose Shark Atlantic Spadefish Atlantic Stingray Atlantic Thread Herring Atlantic Threadfin Bandtail Searobin Banded Drum Banded Eel Banded Killifish Banded Puffer Banded Rudderfish Bank Cusk Eel Bar Jack Barracuda Barred Blenny Barred Grunt Batfish Bay Anchovy Bay Whiff Bayou Killifish Bearded Brotula Bigeye Bigeye Scad Bigeye Searobin Bigeye Tuna Bighead Searobin Bigmouth Sleeper Bignose Shark Black Driftfish Black Drum Black Grouper Black Jack Black Seabass Black Snapper Blackcheek Tonguefish Blackear Bass Blackedge Cusk Eel Blackedge Moray Blackfin Snapper Blackfin Tuna Blackline Tilefish Blacknose Shark Blacktip Shark Blackwing Searobin Blenny Spp Blotched Cusk Eel Blue Runner Blue Shark Bluespotted Cornetfish Bluefin Tuna Blueback Herring Bluefish Blueline Tilefish Blue Marlin Bluntnose Jack Bonnethead Shark Broad Flounder Bullseye Bull Shark Butterfish Chain Pipefish Chub Mackerel Clown Goby Cobia Code Goby Conger Eel Cownose Ray Crested Blenny Crested Cusk Eel Crevalle Jack Crimson Rover Cubera Snapper Darter Goby Diamond Killifish Dog Snapper Dolphin Dotterel Filefish Dusky Anchovy Dusky Pipefish Dusky Shark Dwarf Seahorse Emerald Sleeper Escolar Fat Sleeper Feather Blenny Finetooth Shark Flat Anchovy Florida Blenny Florida Pompano Flounder Fourspot Flounder Freckled Blenny Freckled Pike-Conger Freshwater Eel Freshwater Goby Freshwater Gar Freshwater Gizzard Shad Freshwater Threadfin Shad Frillfin Goby	Fringed Flounder Fringed Sole Gafftopsail Catfish Gag Gold Brotula Goldface Tilefish Goosefish Graysby Gray Snapper Gray Triggerfish Great Barracuda Greater Amberjack Green Goby Grunt Guaguanche Gulf Butterfish Gulf Flounder Gulf Hake Gulf Kilifish Gulf Kingfish Gulf Menhaden Gulf Pipefish Gulf Toadfish Hake Halfbeak Hammerhead Shark Hardhead Catfish Harvest Fish Hogchoker Hogfish Horned Searobin Horse-eye Jack Inshore Lizardfish Jack Crevalle Jolthead Porgy Knobbed Porgy King Mackerel Ladyfish Lancer Stargazer Lane Snapper Largescale Lizardfish Least Puffer Leatherjacket Lemon Shark Leopard Searobin Lesser Amberjack Lesser Electric Ray Lined Seahorse Lined Sole Little Tunny Longnose Anchovy Longnose Killifish Longsnout Scorpionfish Longspine Porgy Longtail Bass Lookdown Luminous Hake Lyre Goby Mahogany Snapper Mako Shark Marbled Grouper Marbled Puffer Margintail Conger Mexican Flounder Mexican Searobin Misty Grouper Mojarra Spp Mooneye Moonfish Moray Eel Mountain Mullet Mutton Snapper Naked Goby Naked Sole Nassau Grouper Night Shark Northern Sennet Ocean Sunfish Ocean Triggerfish Ocellated Moray Offshore Lizardfish Offshore Seahorse Offshore Tonguefish Oilfish Pancake Batfish Parrotfish Permit Pigfish Pinfish Pink Wormfish Pipefish Planehead Filefish Polkadot Batfish Pygmy Sea Bass Queen Snapper Queen Triggerfish Ragged Goby Rainbow Runner Red Drum Red Goatfish Red Grouper Red Hind Red Porgy Red Snapper Remora Reticulate Goosefish Rock Hind Rock Sea Bass Rough Scad Rough Silverside Roughtail Stingray Round Herring Round Scad Roundel Skate Rudderfish Sailfish Sand Drum Sand Perch	Sand Seatrout Sand Tiger Shark Sand Tilefish Sandbar Shark Sargassumfish Scaled Sardine Scalloped Hammerhead Scamp Schoolmaster Scorpionfish Scrawled Filfish Sea Catfish Sergeant Major Sharksucker Sharptail Goby Sheepshead Sheepshead Minnow Shoal Flounder Short Bigeye Shortbeard Cusk Eel Shortwing Searobin Shrimp Eel Silk Snapper Silky Shark Silver Jenny Silver Perch Silver Seatrout Singlespot Frogfish Skilletfish Skipjack Tuna Smalltooth Sawfish Smooth Butterfly Ray Smooth Puffer Smoothhead Scorpionfish Snakefish Snowy Grouper Soapfish Southern Flounder Southern Hake Southern Kingfish Southern Puffer Southern Stargazer Southern Stingray Spadefish Spanish Flag Spanish Mackerel Spanish Sardine Speckeled Hind Speckeled Worm Eel Spinner Shark Spinycheek Scorpionfish Spiny Dogfish Spiny Flounder Spinycheek Scorpionfish Spinycheek Sleeper Splitlure Frogfish Spot Spotfin Flounder Spotfin Mojarra Spotted Drum Spotted Scorpionfish Spotted Snake Eel Spotted Seatrout Spotted Whiff Squirrelfish Star Drum Stippled Spoon-nose Eel Striped Anchovy Striped Blenny Striped Burrfish Striped Mullet Swordfish Swordtail Jawfish Syngnathus Spp Tarpon Thread Herring Three-eye Flounder Thresher Shark Tiger Shark Tilefish Tripletail Vermillion Snapper Violet Goby Wahoo Warsaw Grouper Wenchman White Marlin White Mullet Whitebone Porgy Whitespotted Soapfish Whiting Yellow Conger Yellow Jack Yellowedge Grouper Yellowfin Grouper Yellowfin Tuna Yellowmouth Grouper Yellowtail Snapper

Gulf of Mexico Mammals
Northern River Otter Striped Skunk Mink Virginia Opossum Least Shrew Marsh Rice Rat Nine-banded Armadillo Common Muskrat Nutria Hispid Cotton Rat Swamp Rabbit Coyote Grey Fox Red Fox Bobcat	Common Racoon White-tailed Deer West Indian Manatee Bottlenose Dolphin Rough-toothed Dolphin Atlantic Spotted Dolphin Gray's Dolphin Spinner Dolphin Clymene Dolphin Striped Dolphin Fraser's Dolphin Risso's Dolphin Pantropical Spotted Dolphin Long-beaked Dolphin Sperm Whale	Blue Whale Fin Whale Sei Whale Pygmy Sperm Whale Dwarf Sperm Whale Short-finned Pilot Whale Melon-headed Whale Pygmy Killer Whale False Killer Whale Killer Whale Bryde's Whale Minke Whale Cuvier's Beaked Whale Gervais' Beaked Whale Blainville's Beaked Whale