DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. — Alabama authorities have closed some oystering premises in Mobile Bay, triggering problems from harvesters.
The relocation by the Alabama Marine Resource Division is part of a continuing effort to keep wild oyster reefs in the Gulf of Mexico from being eliminated by overharvesting.
The state closed the western half of its oystering location in Mobile Bay on Nov. 23, WKRG-TV reports, and closed 2 little however efficient locations in the eastern half of the bay on Tuesday.
Meeting with oyster harvesters on Dauphin Island, AMRD director Scott Bannon stated the closure was part of an effort to restore the state’s population of the bivalve.
“Unfortunately, there’s simply not enough oyster harvest readilyavailable to do a longer season and to preserve that,” Bannon informed the tv station. “We would love to do that. We’d love to keep Alabama item in the market longer; we would love for them to be working longer and making great cash.”
Some harvesters state the state is cutting off their primary source of earnings throughout the peak win