Dauphin Island News

Waterborne protest by fishermen blocks Perdido Pass - al.com : "ORANGE BEACH a ' 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.

Giant jellyfish, such as these catostylus, are a constant hazard for Japanese trawler fishermen.

Three crewmen on a Japanese fishing vessel trawling waters for a lucrative catch no doubt now wish they had never heard of the giant Nomura's jellyfish after their trawler was capsized by dozens of the massive animals caught in their nets.

Thousands of jellyfish washed ashore onto Florida's beaches in 2007. Credit: Erion Cuko, Jacksonville, Fl.

The best of the main crop Satsumas "Owari" - Sometimes listed as "Frost Owari," which may suggest something about the conditions that should occur as it ripens.

In 1492, a Genoan birdwatcher, sailing under a Spanish flag, crossed an ocean looking for signs of fall migration.

As fall weather begins to kick in, the days and nights get cooler, and summer vacations seem long ago.

Beach combing, for most people is a fun and a relaxing thing to do. Still, as more and more unwanted things wash ashore, it is becoming a risky occupation and not something you really want your kids to do.

Alabama's Coastal Connection : "This route and the waterways it follows are significant to the state of Alabama and the region for many reasons.

A fluffy, new comforter is an inviting and cozy blanket that is placed on the top of the bed.

Freda Roberts, 73, who served 12 years as Mobile County revenue commissioner, died Thursday morning at her Dauphin Island home.

This flock of laughing gulls revealed the location of a mixed school of marauding speckled trout and white trout that were feeding on shrimp.

Obama Administration officials will hold a Gulf Coast Regional Ocean Policy Task Force Public Meeting in New Orleans on Monday, October 19, 2009.

Brendan Benning, 11, watches as a nurse shark swims past in the Gulf of Mexico tank at the Estuarium Friday, Oct.

Crews retrieve an SUV from waters near the Fort Morgan ferry Sunday. FORT MORGAN, Ala.

October is always a big month for birding along Alabama's beaches. There's the Coastal Alabama BirdFest, a four-day event that attracts hundreds of visitors from throughout North America to spy some 300 species -- mostly songbirds -- as they make their last rest stop before launching across the Gulf of Mexico for the winter.

A big part of this weekend's 38th annual National Shrimp Festival is the Children's Activity Village along the western edge of the festival.

It started 38 years ago with some Gulf Shores locals, beach folks if you will, who wanted to eat some boiled shrimp, listen to live music and display a bit of local art in the middle of the intersection of Highways 182 and 59, and on the beach.

Mobile comes alive this weekend with its 15th annual BayFest Music Festival, featuring more than 125 musical acts on nine stages on the downtown streets.

Bring out your dead! These words will ring true once again in our current Middle Ages.