Oyster Management Meeting Set For Bayou La Batre

The Marine Resources Division (MRD) of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources will host an oyster meeting on August 24 at 1-3 p.m. at the Bayou La Batre Community and Senior Center in Irvington. The focus of the meeting will be to update the community about MRD activities related to the management of Alabama’s oyster fisheries and to receive public input. MRD representatives will review 2023 oyster reef survey results, review the reef grid system and its use in oyster reef and harvest management, provide a potential date and areas to open for public oyster harvest, review check-in/check-out procedures at the Oyster Management Station, and show oyster harvester education video for harvesters needing recertification.