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Legislation Introduced to Protect Alabama's Underwater Forest

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ADSFR Results Show Evidence of Flounder Rebound

Nobody was more pleased when the 91st Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo (ADSFR) added flounder to the CCA Alabama Live Weigh-In competition than Dr. Sean Powers, head rodeo judge and Director of the Stokes School of Marine and Environmental Sciences at the University of South Alabama. Powers watched the southern flounder populations plummet in the 2010s and has witnessed a gradual rebound of the populations. He said the last four years of flounder catches at the ADSFR are encouraging. “I’m particularly excited about flounder at this year’s rodeo,” Powers said. “Five years ago was…