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Application by Terry Jackson for a bulkhead on Belle Fontaine Dr., Ocean Springs

Terry Jackson has filed notice of a proposed project which requires review by the MS Department of Marine Resources to ensure compliance with the state’s approved Coastal Program under the Coastal Zone Management Act. The applicant is proposing construction of a bulkhead totaling 125 feet in length on the Mississippi Sound off Belle Fontaine Dr,

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Proposed Emergency Rule by NOAA/NMFS to Modify Gulf Red Grouper Catch Limits

NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service has filed notice of a proposed rule change which requires review by the MS Department of Marine Resources to ensure compliance with the state’s approved Coastal Program under the Coastal Zone Management Act. The applicant is proposing to promulgate an emergency rule to modify the Gulf red grouper catch limits

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Application by City of Biloxi to fill Coastal Wetlands for creation of marsh, sand beach, and island habitat and breakwaters

PUBLIC NOTICE OF APPLICATIONFOR COASTAL WETLANDS PERMITAND WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION The City of Biloxi has filed an application requesting permission to conduct regulated activities under the provision of the Coastal Wetlands Protection Law Act, Title 49, Chapter 27, Mississippi Code of 1972. The applicant is proposing to fill approximately 6.51 acres of Coastal Wetlands (unvegetated

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2020 Mississippi Bonnet Carré Spillway Fisheries Disaster Recovery Program for Wild Oyster and Shrimp financial assistance applications open May 2

25-14-CWS | April 30, 2025 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Sound was inundated with freshwater from March through August of 2019, which resulted in severe impacts to multiple fisheries. These impacts included mass mortalities of oyster reefs and loss of Brown Shrimp recruitment which caused landings to decline the following year of 2020. Specifically, the

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LEGAL NOTICE – Order Closing The 2024-2025 Mississippi Oyster Season for the Harvest of Oysters

In accordance with the Mississippi Administrative Code Title 22, Part 1 and the “Order by the Director of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources Reopening the 2024-2025 Mississippi Oyster Season in certain waters classified as approved and conditionally approved, and placing certain restrictions on oyster harvesting and handling activities,” the MDMR hereby orders that the

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