Reef Madness.(fishermen's use of artificial reefs to improve fisheries) From: Reason | Date: October 1, 2001| Author: Bailey, Ronald | COPYRIGHT 2001 Reason Foundation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

How Alabama fishermen are repopulating the sea.

Ecologically speaking, Alabama is one of the least likely locations for a thriving game-fish population, or "fishery" in the technical jargon. The very same sparkling white sands that attract sun worshipers to the Camellia State's Gulf Coast stretch for scores of miles offshore. For game fish, that featureless sandy bottom is an underwater desert that provides little food or shelter.

Yet the waters just off Alaba...

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