Breanna Kopszywa

20-86-CWS | December 29, 2020 BILOXI, Miss. – Officials with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources announced this week that recreational fishing season for Gag (Mycteroperca microlepsis) will close in Mississippi territorial waters Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020 at 11:59 p.m.   The commercial season for sharks (aggregated large coastal, hammerheads, black tips and small coastals) […]

20-85-CWS | December 28, 2020 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) will reopen CARES Act Section 12005 online applications on the MDMR website to allow all sectors of Mississippi residents who are commercially licensed/permitted (commercial fishermen, charter fishermen and dealer/processors) in another Gulf state to apply for CARES Act funds in Mississippi. 

19-30-CWS | May 22, 2019 BILOXI, Miss. –Mississippi’s Red Snapper season will open for private recreational anglers and state for-hire vessels on at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, May 24, in state and federal waters.   The season will be open seven days a week and will run through September 2 at 11:59 p.m. with a mid-season closure

19-29-CWS | May 17, 2019 BILOXI, Miss. – The state Commission on Marine Resources will meet Tuesday, May 21, in Biloxi. The meeting begins at 9 a.m. and will be held at the Bolton State Building in the first-floor auditorium. An agenda is attached. The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources is dedicated to enhancing, protecting and

19-28-CWS | May 16, 2019 BILOXI, Miss. –The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources Office of Marine Patrol advises boaters to use caution while boating in the Mississippi Sound and local tributaries. With the recent amount of rain, numerous logs and debris have drifted from local rivers into the Gulf of Mexico and these navigational hazards can

19-27-CWS | May 15, 2019 BILOXI, Miss. – The Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) is hosting a presentation featuring Jace Tunnell, director of the Mission-Aransas Reserve, about Nurdle Patrol on Tuesday, May 21, from 11:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.   Nurdles are small plastic pellets and are the basis of everything plastic. They look