TABLES 

 Number Page 



BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES 



1 Wading bird nesting colonies identified for coastal 



Alabama, species present, and their present status 5 



2 Average annual waterfowl population by species, 1969-78 . . 8 



3 Duck kill and hunting pressure in the Mobile Delta, 1972-83 

 seasons 9 



4 Commercial landings of selected finfish and shellfish at 



Alabama ports in 1978-83 14 



5 Estimated recreational catch (pounds) of marine finfish in 

 coastal Alabama during 1975 16 



6 Federally listed endangered and threatened species of 



Mobile and Baldwin Counties, Alabama 21 



7 Recommended State of Alabama endangered and threatened 



species of Mobile and Baldwin Counties, Alabama 22 



SOCIOECONOMIC FEATURES 



8 1975 land use by county in acres and percent of total 

 acreage 



42 



9 Number of tourist trips, average length of stay, average 



party size, and number of tourists visiting Mobile, Baldwin 



and Escambia Counties by automobile 1970, 1980 49 



10 Average daily two-way traffic volume (number of vehicles) on 

 highways providing access to the Alabama coastal region's 



major recreational beach areas 1965, 1970, 1977, 1978, 1979 . 50 



11 Number of recreational visitors to Dauphin Island, 1965, 



1970, 1977, 1978, 1979 50 



12 Selected characteristics of catch by species for charter 



boat operators, Orange Beach, Alabama, 1975 51 



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