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Coverage of oyster reefs from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.

Bayou La Batre Oysters clustered on a restored coastal reef

Limestone Barges Head South to Rebuild the Oyster Reefs of Lower Mobile Bay

James Bullard, July 5, 2026July 14, 2026

Barges loaded with limestone are traveling hundreds of miles down Alabama’s rivers to Cedar Point in southern Mobile County, where the rock will be spread across the bay bottom to give young oysters a place to grow.

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Study Finds Mobile Bay Seawalls Harm Habitat and Raise Long-Term Costs

James Bullard, June 15, 2014

Researchers at the University of South Alabama found that the vertical seawalls lining much of Mobile Bay’s residential shoreline harm natural habitat and cost more to maintain than marsh.

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Fairhope A sandy beach with low dunes along a bay shoreline

Fairhope Plans to Truck Thousands of Tons of Sand to Eroded Bayfront Beach

James Bullard, June 15, 2014

Fairhope moved ahead with plans to truck more than 5,000 tons of sand to a badly eroded stretch of bayfront beach near Magnolia Beach Park, hoping to finish before the Fourth of July.

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