If oyster dressing was on the Thanksgiving menu, the likelihood is the cook had to look for oysters at other than traditional outlets.
Since the oyster season opened on November 1 in Alabama coastal waters, production has been unusually low. Thank goodness, the oyster aquaculture industry in the state has been able to take up some of the shortfall but certainly not all.
The Alabama Marine Resources Division (MRD) is well aware of the low oyster harvest numbers and has been working diligently to find solutions to the problem.
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