[BfloGuy]

Here’s the official link to the Waters Closing to Commercial and Recreational Shrimping

Thanks for that additional link. The stated reason for the closing doesn't appear to be because of mutant or diseased sea life, though.

This closure is in response to routine shrimp sampling that indicated the average size were smaller than 68 head-on shrimp per pound. Should sampling indicate a change in the projected average size of 68 shrimp per pound, additional announcements will be provided to modify the original announcement.

That's certainly less inflammatory than the honorable Esquire's blog.

[Razzz42]

Unlike the Mexican moratorium which lists the dates between where no shrimping is to take place, Alabama’s notice lists its closures as indefinite. Looks like they are trying to figure out what is wrong.