17-63-MMS| November 17, 2017 BILOXI, Miss. – The commercial fishing season for Gray Triggerfish (Balistes capriscus) will close at 12:01 a.m. local time on Saturday, Nov. 18, in Mississippi territorial waters.   The commercial harvest will reopen at 12:01 a.m. Monday, Jan. 1, 2018.   According to the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, the 2017 quota is

17-64-MMS| November 17, 2017 BILOXI, Miss. – The state Commission on Marine Resources will meet Tuesday, November 21, in Pascaguola. The meeting will be held in the Jackson County Board of Supervisors boardroom.   The building is located at 2915 Canty St., and the meeting begins at 10 a.m. An agenda is attached. The Mississippi Department

17-62-MMS| November 16, 2017 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the Department of Marine Resources didn’t violate the state’s Public Records Act in 2013 when it did not release records pertaining to the investigation of the agency.   The Supreme Court stated in its opinion that, “We disagree with the Chancery

17-61-MMS| October 30, 2017 BILOXI, Miss. – Oyster season in the western portion of the Mississippi Sound will begin Monday, Nov. 6, at legal sunrise, officials with the state Department of Marine Resources announced Monday.   The Commission on Marine Resources originally set the start date on Monday, Nov. 13. However, oyster seasons in Louisiana and

17-60-MMS| October 24, 2017 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources and the city of Ocean Springs will hold a public dedication ceremony at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 25, for a park near the city’s harbor.   The ceremony will be held at the Dr. Thomas D. McIllwain Harbor Green at the Ocean Springs

17-59-MMS| October 13, 2017 BILOXI, Miss. – The state Commission on Marine Resources will meet Tuesday, October 17, in Hancock County. The meeting begins at 10 a.m. and will be held in the boardroom of the Hancock County Government Annex building, 854 U.S. 90, Suite A, in Bay St. Louis. An agenda is attached. The Mississippi

17-58-MMS | October 11, 2017 BILOXI, Miss. – Officials with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources said Wednesday the agency will waive permit fees until April 30, 2018, for structures that need to be repaired or rebuilt from damage due to Hurricane Nate.   These structures include piers, boathouses and docks – anything built over the

17-57-MMS| October 5, 2017 BILOXI, Miss. – Officials with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources announced that area V “A” closed to the harvest of oysters at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5, due to the CMR-established quota for the area being reached or exceeded.   The Commission on Marine Resources set the 30 percent limit

17-56-MMS| October 4, 2017 BILOXI, Miss. – Marine Patrol Master Sgt. Roy Lipscomb on Wednesday was named the 2016 Law Enforcement Officer of the Year by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council.   The Council chose Lipscomb from nominees submitted by the five Gulf states’ law enforcement agencies, the U.S. Coast Guard and NOAA Fisheries’

17-55-MMS| September 28, 2017 BILOXI, Miss. – The state’s oyster season opens Monday, Oct. 2, in Area V “A,” which includes Biloxi Bay Reef, officials with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources announced Thursday.   The Biloxi Bay Reef will open at legal sunrise to tonging only. When the oyster harvest reaches 30 percent, the reef