Alabama officials are preparing to pour $22.5 million into new fish habitat across inshore, nearshore and offshore waters, though one of the most eye-catching pieces of the plan — adding another large ship to the state’s artificial reef system — remains up in the air. Craig Newton, a biologist with…
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Gill Nets in the Statehouse: A Bayou La Batre Lawmaker Faces Down a Conservation Campaign
The Coastal Conservation Association pressed Alabama lawmakers to ban commercial gill nets in April 2008. State Rep. Spencer Collier, the netters’ champion, wanted science and a voluntary buyout instead.