17-32-MMS | May 25, 2017 BILOXI, Miss. – More people will be on the water and on the islands for the Memorial Day weekend, and officials with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources are encouraging them to prepare before heading out to have some fun.   Anyone planning to take a boat on the water

17-31-MMS| May 23, 2017 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 14, on the proposed banning of basket dredges for oyster harvesting.   The meeting will be held in the auditorium of the Bolton Building, 1141 Bayview Ave., Biloxi.   At its April

17-29-MMS| May 18, 2017 BILOXI, Miss. – Twelve of the top chefs from across the state will compete Thursday, May 25, to be the king of Mississippi seafood.   The eighth annual MS Seafood Cookoff will be held from 6-9:30 p.m. at CLIMB CDC, 1316 30th Ave. in Gulfport. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.  

17-28-MMS| May 17, 2017 BILOXI, Miss. – Officials with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources announced Wednesday that two commercial fishing seasons will close in May.   The commercial season for Spotted Seatrout will close at 11:59 p.m. Thursday, May 18, in Mississippi territorial waters. The season will reopen at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, June 1.

17-27-MMS| May 16, 2017 BILOXI, Miss. – The state Commission on Marine Resources on Tuesday approved a new state record for the Finetooth Shark.   Shiloh Turner of Bentonia, Miss., caught the fish, which weighed 46 pounds, 10.4 ounces. The previous record was 34 pounds, 8.64 ounces, which was set in July 2016.   Photo

17-26-MMS| May 12, 2017 BILOXI, Miss. – The state Commission on Marine Resources will meet Tuesday, May 16, 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 conserving

17-25-MMS| May 10, 2017 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources this week began a program to rebuild and revitalize oyster reefs in the western Mississippi Sound.   Employees and contractors started a multi-phase project to plant 350 acres of cultch material on several reefs over the next few weeks.   “The purpose

17-24-MMS| May 2, 2017 BILOXI, Miss. – Mississippi’s recreational anglers will be allowed to harvest Red Snapper in state waters from May 26 through Sept. 4, officials with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources announced Tuesday.   Mississippi territorial waters will be open from 12:01 a.m. Friday, May 26, through 11:59 p.m. Monday, Sept. 4.

17-22-MMS| April 28, 2017 BILOXI, Miss. – Officials with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources announced Friday, April 28, that beginning May 1, all waters south of the Intracoastal Waterway and west of the Gulfport Ship Channel are closed to shrimping.   The closure takes effect at 6:01 a.m. Mississippi territorial waters south of the

17-23-MMS| April 28, 2017 BILOXI, Miss. – The commercial fishing season for Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) will open at 12:01 a.m. Monday, May 1, officials with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources said Friday.   The annual total allowable catch for commercial landings is 60,000 pounds. The allowable catch from May 1 through Aug. 31