Tag: oyster reef restoration

Aerial view of Gulf of Mexico coastal waters

Five Years Later, Mobile Bay Still Feels the Weight of the BP Oil Spill

James Bullard, April 20, 2015

Five years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, coastal Alabama scientists and residents reflect on how the oil spill changed Mobile Bay’s waters.

Bayou La Batre

A working fishing boat on Gulf Coast waters near an oyster reef

Gulf Fishermen in Line for $28 Million to Rebuild Oyster Beds and Shrimp Grounds

James Bullard, June 28, 2006

Federal officials moved in June 2006 to release $28 million for Alabama, aimed at reseeding hurricane-wrecked oyster beds and clearing debris from shrimp grounds off the Gulf Coast.