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Online voters selected Cobb County graphic artist Omar Murcia’s full color design of a red drum, with the characteristic black spot on its tail, swimming over an oyster bed. Since 2006, the redfish has been Georgia’s official state saltwater fish.
At the urging of the Coastal Conservation Association, state Rep. Alex Atwood, R-St. Simons Island, and sate Sen. Ben Watson, R-Savannah, shepherded House Bill 736 through 2016 legislative session and Gov. Nathan Deal signed it into law in May.