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Shelby Presses NOAA: Red Snapper Rules Are Choking Alabama’s Fishing Economy

December 8, 2009 James Bullard

U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby wrote to NOAA in December 2009 arguing that federal red snapper limits were punishing Alabama's charter and recreational fishermen even as the stock appeared to be…

Bayou La Batre Local News Mobile County

Gill Nets in the Statehouse: A Bayou La Batre Lawmaker Faces Down a Conservation Campaign

April 28, 2008 James Bullard

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.

Bayou La Batre Coden Local News Mobile Mobile County

The Gill Net Bill Ran Aground Between Bayou La Batre and the Sport Fishermen

March 7, 2008 James Bullard

A bill to outlaw commercial gill net fishing in Alabama's coastal waters passed the Senate in a form the Bayou La Batre legislator said the House would kill, reopening a…

Bayou La Batre Grand Bay Local News Mobile Mobile County

First Jobs, Part Two: Crab Picking in Bayou La Batre and a Quarterback Sweeping the Shop

June 25, 2007 James Bullard

More Mobile-area figures recalled the work that started them off, including a summer picking crab in Bayou La Batre that produced a lifelong vow about education, and a future NFL…

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Coden Meeting Took Up the Fight to Save Portersville Bay and Its Seafood

May 14, 2007 James Bullard

Casi Callaway of Mobile Bay Keepers headlined 'Saving Our Bay, Saving Our Seafood' at the Coden Community House, where a proposed sewer plant in south Mobile County was on the…

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Bayou La Batre Councilman Signaled Challenge for Mobile County Commission Seat

February 28, 2007 James Bullard

Henry Barnes Sr., a Bayou La Batre city councilman and commercial truck driver, said he was 99 percent sure he would run for the Mobile County Commission, whether the body…

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Shelby Pressed the Case Against the Estate Tax, Calling It a Threat to Family Farms and Small Business

June 16, 2006 James Bullard

In June 2006, Sen. Richard Shelby argued that the federal estate tax, scheduled to return in 2011, threatened family farms and small businesses, and pressed for permanent repeal after a…

Coden Local News Mobile County Theodore Tillmans Corner

George Callahan Launched a Shrimp-Boil Campaign to Retake His South Mobile County Senate Seat

March 10, 2006 James Bullard

Former state Sen. George Callahan opened his 2006 bid to reclaim south Mobile County's District 35 seat with a shrimp boil in Coden that he said drew more than 200…

Bayou La Batre Mobile Mobile County University of South Alabama

Bob Shipp Named to Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council

June 16, 2005 James Bullard

Dr. Robert Shipp, chairman of marine sciences at the University of South Alabama, was appointed to the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, giving Alabama a seat at the table…

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Bayou La Batre Mayor Backs Challenger, Touching Off Feud Over Block Grant Money

May 18, 2004 James Bullard

Bayou La Batre Mayor Stan Wright endorsed challenger Mike Burdine over incumbent Mobile County Commissioner Mike Dean in 2004, alleging the fishing village had been shortchanged on block grant funds.…

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