A new video showing dredge spoil being dumped into Mobile Bay demonstrates the impact the practice can have on the bay’s ecosystem.
The close-up video made by a shrimper shows massive amounts of spoil being placed between Point Clear and Mobile Bay Lighthouse.
It’s part of a project to widen, deepen and maintain the Port of Mobile. Ships with large vacuum-like tubes suck up mud from the bottom of the port then take it the bay where it is dumped…