Waterborne protest by fishermen blocks Perdido Pass - al.com

Waterborne protest by fishermen blocks Perdido Pass - al.com: "ORANGE BEACH — With their protest banners fluttering in a stout sea breeze, a small armada of private fishing boats and charter boats from Orange Beach and Dauphin Island clogged Perdido Pass for two hours Saturday morning.

Cars passing over the Orange Beach bridge honked in support, setting off a tooting chorus of horns on the boats assembled in the pass. There were about 80 boats in all anchored up under the bridge or in the pass, some fishing to pass the time during the rally. Similar aggregations of boats were reported in Destin, part of a protest stretching around the Gulf from Panama City, Fla., to ports in Louisiana.

Meanwhile, marine radio channel 78 crackled with fishermen of all stripes badmouthing National Marine Fisheries Service policies that have resulted in tighter and tighter limits for red snapper, grouper, amberjack and other popular species."