Alabama Oyster Harvesting Season Opens With Strong Outlook
Alabama’s oyster harvesting season began Monday, with harvesters launching their boats near the bridge to Dauphin Island early in the morning for the start of what officials expect to be…
Mississippi oystermen move oysters to cleaner waters to rebuild population
Oystermen in Mississippi are working to rebuild the state’s oyster population by relocating the mollusks to cleaner waters, a cooperative effort between commercial fishermen and the Mississippi Department of Marine…
International Spotlight Falls on Bon Secour Fisheries as Gulf Spill Threatens Alabama Oysters
As the Deepwater Horizon oil spill spread across the Gulf in the spring of 2010, international press attention turned to Bon Secour Fisheries, whose century-old Baldwin County business felt the…