Water Log (ISSN 1097-0649) is a quarterly publication reporting on legal issues affecting the Mississippi-Alabama coastal area. Its purpose is to increase public awareness and understanding of coastal problems and issues. If you would like to receive future issues of Water Log free of charge, please send your name and address to: Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Legal Program, University of Mississippi Law Center, University, MS 38677, or contact us via e-mail. We welcome suggestions for topics you would like to see covered in Water Log. This work is a result of research In part by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce under Grant Number NA06OAR4170078, the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium, the State of Mississippi, and the University of Mississippi Law Center. The US Government and the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium are authorized to produce and distribute reprints notwithstanding any copyright notation that may appear hereon. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of NOAA or any of its sub-agencies.