Charmaine Schmermund

19-74-CWS | November 16, 2019 BILOXI, Miss. – Contractors of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources will conduct a prescribed burn on the Delisle Unit of the Wolf River Preserve on Saturday, November 16, 2019.   Depending on weather conditions, the burn will begin around noon and last up to six hours; however, some of […]

19-73-CWS |November 15, 2019 BILOXI, Miss. – The state Commission on Marine Resources will meet Tuesday, Nov. 19, 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

19-72-CWS | November 15, 2019 BILOXI, Miss. – Officials with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources announced today that the commercial fishing season for Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) will close in Mississippi territorial waters at 11:59 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources is dedicated to enhancing, protecting and conserving

19-71-CWS | November 1, 2019 BILOXI, Miss. – Officials with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources announced today that Approved Area V is open to the harvest of oysters effective at legal sunrise on November 1, 2019. Approved Area V is an area that only includes the 80-acre off-bottom oyster park and is approved only

19-70-CWS | October 31, 2019 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources Seafood Technology Bureau is conducting a basic seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) food safety workshop November 6 – 8 at the Bolton State Building in Biloxi.   The purpose of the HACCP course is to educate seafood dealers,

19-69-CWS |October 31, 2019 BILOXI, Miss. – The state Commission on Marine Resources certified two youth division state fishing records this month. Rinlee Cole Armes, 4, of Pass Christian set the state record for Atlantic Bumper (Chloroscombrus chrysurus) with a fish weighing 4.52 ounces using conventional tackle.   David Kuehn III, 6, of Ocean Springs

19-67-CWS | October 29, 2019 BILOXI, Miss. – Officials with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources announced today that the commercial fishing season for Spotted Seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus) will close in Mississippi territorial waters on Oct. 31, 2019, at 11:59 p.m. The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources is dedicated to enhancing, protecting and conserving marine

19-66-CWS | October 29, 2019 BILOXI, Miss. – Officials with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources announced today that the recreational fishing season for Greater Amberjack (Seriola dumerili) will close in Mississippi territorial waters on Oct. 31, 2019, at 11:59 p.m. The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources is dedicated to enhancing, protecting and conserving marine

19-65-CWS | October 24, 2019 BILOXI, Miss. – Contractors working with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources will conduct a prescribed burn on the Delisle Unit of the Wolf River Preserve on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019.   Depending on weather conditions, the burn will begin around noon and last up to six hours; however, some

19-64-CWS | October 23, 2019 BILOXI, Miss. – Gov. Phil Bryant and local officials were on hand today to cut the ribbon for the opening of the first beach storm water outfalls on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.   Constructed in Harrison County between the Biloxi-Ocean Springs bridge and I-110, the first three outfalls in the