Another low year for oyster harvest - al.com

Another low year for oyster harvest - al.com: "If you favor a dozen or so Alabama oysters, you probably already know that the oyster harvest in Alabama has been catastrophically low for more than a year.

Preliminary data from the Alabama Marine Resources Division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shows landings of less than 73,000 pounds of oyster meats in 2008.

To put that in perspective, more than 759,000 pounds of meat were harvested in 2002 — the second worst year from 2001 to present — and more than 1 million pounds of oyster meats were landed in 2005."