Dauphin Island News

Moist and tiny eyes staring at the people who just plucked it from the Spanish River, a manatee has its blood drawn for genetic testing on a research boat in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta.

Red Snapper on a dock at Dauphin Island after a chartered deep sea fishing trip this summer.

Expect conditions to improve today as the rainfall subsides. Rainfall estimates have been impressive with 2-4inches being the average.

A few little words cut snapper limits - al.com : "For Mike Thierry, a Dauphin Island charter boat skipper, the problem boils down to a few key words in the law governing the nation's fisheries.

The hardware store belongs to the family of Melanie Faulkner, who found the box and began her search for Chief Petty Officer Joe Wilson.

Tropical Storm Ida made landfall around 6:40 a.m. ET this morning on Dauphin Island, along the Alabama coastline.

The storm did dump several inches of rain in some spots and left many in the dark.

The wind swirled and the rain fell on Dauphin Island as tropical storm Ida blew on shore earlier this week, but the little island getaway at the mouth of Mobile Bay shrugged it off and is ready for visitors.

Dauphin Islanda s Big Cleanup - Dauphin Island - WKRG.com : "DAUPHIN ISLAND - The storm did dump several inches of rain in some spots and left many in the dark.

Dauphin Island resident Jack Gaines talks on his cell phone as he walks past a house on the beach on the west end of Dauphin Island Tuesday, Nov.

National Hurricane Center: Tropical Storm Ida's center made landfall on Dauphin Island, Ala.

Nov. 9 - Dauphin Island was in the dark Monday night as Tropical Storm Ida moved closer to a Gulf Coast landfall.

The owner of a small barbecue restaurant, Vince Childers, said he never thought about leaving the small barrier island south of Mobile because of the approaching Tropical Storm Ida.

People were buying emergency supplies but nobody was panicking as Tropical Storm Ida approached Dauphin Island in the Gulf of Mexico south of Mobile.

ORANGE BEACH -- A small armada of private fishing boats and charter boats from Orange Beach and Dauphin Island clogged Perdido Pass for two hours Saturday protesting potentially tighter fishing limits.

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.