Today there is post on Mobile Baykeeper's Facebook Page saying, "Stringent testing continues to show Alabama Gulf Seafood is safe to eat and we know it is delicious. Nothing beats fresh local seafood. We are so lucky to live on the Gulf Coast." Huh?
https://www.facebook.com/MobileBaykeeper/posts/10153268967445909
A day earlier on Dog River Clearwater Revival's Facebook page there was a copy of a news release from the Mobile County Health Department saying the State Health Officer has closed all shellfish growing waters in Mobile County including Dauphin Island Bay, Portersville Bay, and Grand Bay for possible bacteriological contamination of the oyster beds "due to recent rainfall."
https://www.facebook.com/groups/dogriver/10155485991625515/
I can assure you oyster beds are not being closed due to rain, they are being closed due leaky community sewer systems like the one in Mobile that despite a lawsuit over a decade ago, still has not been fixed.
You see, when it rains in Mobile the community's shit flows into its local creeks, rivers, lakes, and bays.
Oddly, shortly after the Health Department shut down oyster harvesting, a Mobile Baykeeper post says Alabama Gulf Seafood is safe and delicious to eat? Really? That is an oxymoron. Who are you suppose to believe?
Lean on the side of caution by listening to the State and County Health Departments which usually release SSO (Sanitary Sewer Overflow) warnings about once a month and who publish an Alabama Fish Consumption warning document which includes some fish caught in the Gulf of Mexico.
The BP oil rig accident may not have harmed Alabama Gulf Seafood according to the Alabama Gulf Seafood Movement but based on my observation communities in Mobile County certainly continue to harm Alabama Seafood.
Cities like Prichard, Mobile and Bayou La Batre continue pollute their local waterways with vast amounts of trash (some hazardous), and with vehicle fluids and raw sewage every time there is a heavy rain.
These Cities have no effective programs to remove its community MS4 trash once it reaches public waterways. These Cities have no requirements mandating use of first flush filter systems to remove vehicle fluid contaminants from parking lots and roads when it rains. These Cities cannot seem to fix their sewer systems to stop raw sewage overflows during heavy rains.
When it rains in Alabama it pollutes Alabama waterways.
No wonder why you do not see fresh Alabama Seafood in Mobile area Walmart stores. You have to go to specialities stores to find Local seafood.
For those of you who like your fish, crabs, oysters, and shrimp pre-oiled with tasty vehicle fluids, spiced up with piss and shit, and grown in waterways lined with televisions, mercury lamps, pesticides, oil cans, solvents, batteries, cigarette butts, anti-freeze, hypodermic needles, paint, wasp spray, etc, buy locally caught Seafood in the Mobile area.
Got Cancer Yet? If not, try eating more locally caught Alabama Seafood.