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Alabama's brown shrimp isn't so skimpy, set to become state symbol | AL.com

Alabama's brown shrimp isn't so skimpy, set to become state symbol


000618-8033 NEWS STAFF PHOTO CHARLES NESBITT; DEPT STATE; DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB.... Teachers from across the state attended 'Teacher In-Service 2000' camp durning the week of June 12th. Activities included a boat trawling trip in Mobile Bay and a trip to a salt marsh to study the salt marsh ecosystem. A Brown shrimp, caught in a seine in the shallow waters of Mobile Bay sits on the finger of a teacher. (BN)

By Erin Edgemon | eedgemon@al.com
on April 30, 2015 at 1:42 PM, updated April 30, 2015 at 1:50 PM

Alabama's brown shrimp isn't so skimpy anymore.
The shrimp – arguably one of the state's most popular cuisines -- is now the state of Alabama's official crustacean.
The legislation, sponsored by Sen. Trip Pittman, R-Montrose, was passed in the Alabama House of Representatives Thursday and will now move to Gov. Robert Bentley for signing.
Brown shrimp can be found year-round in the Gulf Coast states, according to Gulf Coast Seafood.
Lawmakers are considering two other state symbols this session: the queen honey bee as the state's agricultural insect (the Monarch butterfly is already the state insect); and the Lane Cake as the state's official dessert.
The queen bee bill has passed the House and will move on to the Senate. The Lane Cake bill has passed in the Senate and is waiting to be heard in the House.

Okay I get the Brown Shrimp, but a "Lane Cake" ??? I had to look it up.

Now that this incredibly important piece of legislation is out of the way, y'think that they can move on to doing something for the recreational fisherman?