How do oil spills affect marine life and what are scientific solutions?

The oil spill that's traveling along the u.s border is affecting marine life majorly. all living things in the water are affected. the fish breath from water and oxygen, and with the oil traveling through the water,,,, all the life will die. idk how we are going to fix this. but i hope it stops soon. im only 14 by the way, hope this helped a little.=)