15-78-CWS | December 1, 2015 BILOXI, Miss. – Officials with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources announced Tuesday that several areas will reopen for the harvest of oysters at legal sunrise on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015.   Those areas are: Area II “A” Conditionally Approved Waters – This area includes northern portions of the Pass Christian

15-76-CWS | November 17, 2015 BILOXI, Miss. – Officials with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources announced that the commercial season for King Mackerel (Scomberomorus cavalla) will close at noon Nov. 17, 2015 in Mississippi territorial waters.   The closure will remain in effect until June 20, 2016, at 12:01 a.m.   The Mississippi Department

15-13-CWS | November 13, 2015 BILOXI, Miss. – The state Commission on Marine Resources will meet Tuesday, November 17, 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

15-74-CWS | November 10, 2015 BILOXI, Miss. – Officials with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources will open two areas for the harvest of oysters at legal sunrise Wednesday, Nov. 11.   The areas that will be open are:   Area II “E” Conditionally Approved Waters – This area includes Henderson Point Reef. Area II “F”

15-73-CWS | November 4, 2015 BILOXI, Miss. – Organizers of the Celebrate the Gulf Marine Education Festival have announced that the deadline to enter the event’s second annual poster contest is Jan. 14, 2016.Amateur and professional artists are encouraged to submit an original poster design that depicts the conservation or scenic qualities of Mississippi’s coastal

15-72-CWS | November 3, 2015 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources opened a special oyster dredging/relay season that ends at 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7. This season is open to Mississippi residents only.   The harvest and relay of oysters can occur only in the Natural Resource Damage Assessment cultch plant areas

15-69-MMS| October 28, 2015 BILOXI, Miss. – Officials with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources announced this week the closing of two commercial fishing seasons and one recreational fishing season in Mississippi territorial waters by the end of October.   The commercial fishing season for Spotted Seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus) will close on Oct. 31, 2015

15-68-CWS | October 20, 2015 BILOXI, Miss. – The state Commission on Marine Resources will meet Tuesday, July 16, in Biloxi. BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources certified a state fishing record during its Oct. 20 meeting.   Using conventional tackle, Harold Charlton, III of Ocean Springs broke the state record for the

15-67-CWS | October 16, 2015 BILOXI, Miss. – The state Commission on Marine Resources will meet Tuesday, July 16, at Hancock Country Government Annex. The annex is located at 854 U.S. 90, Suite A, in Bay St. Louis. The meeting begins at 10 a.m. and will be held in the Board of Supervisors Board Room. An

15-65-CWS | October 7, 2015 BILOXI, Miss. – Officials with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources have announced that the recreational season for Red Grouper (Epinephelus morio) will close at 12:01 a.m. Oct. 8, 2015 in Mississippi territorial waters.   This order comes through the authority granted to the executive director of the MDMR by