15-54-MMS| July 21, 2015 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources certified two state fishing records at its meeting Tuesday.     John Cuevas of Pass Christian set the convention tackle record for the Black driftfish (Hypercoglyphe bythites). The fish weighed 23 pounds, 3.84 ounces. The previous record was 15 pounds, 7.2 ounces

15-53-MMS| July 17, 2015 BILOXI, Miss. – The state Commission on Marine Resources will meet Tuesday, July 21, 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

15-52-MMS| July 16, 2015 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Gulf Coast National Heritage Area is seeking applicants for its grants program to promote understanding and enhancement of the heritage areas in the lower six South Mississippi counties.   The mission of Heritage Area is to tell this area’s nationally significant story to residents and visitors

15-51-MMS| July 9, 2015 BILOXI, Miss. – Officials with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources announced Wednesday that shrimping waters will reopen north of the Intracoastal Waterway in Mississippi territorial waters, effective 6 a.m. Monday, July 13.   Those waters were closed temporarily when sampling in the area showed an abundance of sub-legal size shrimp.The

15-50-MMS| July 3, 2015 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources wants to remind anglers that Saturday, July 4, is designated as “Free Saltwater Sportfishing Day” on the Coast. Any person may sport fish in saltwaters, which are waters south of Interstate 10, without a license.   However, all size and possession limits

15-49-MMS| June 29, 2015 BILOXI, Miss. – The Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve will hold a disaster response training exercise from Tuesday, June 30, through Thursday, July 2, in the Bangs Lake area of the Reserve.   The exercise will help scientists study the effect of a simulated industrial spill into the waters, located

15-45-MMS| June 25, 2015 BILOXI, Miss. – MDMR Executive Director Jamie Miller said Thursday that Mississippi anglers will be allowed to harvest Red Snapper in state waters from July 16 through Oct. 31.   Mississippi territorial waters will be open from 12:01 a.m. July 16 through 11:59 p.m. Oct. 31. The bag limit will be

15-48-CWS | June 25, 2015 BILOXI, Miss. – MDMR’s Office of Marine Patrol is joining law enforcement agencies across the country this weekend for Operation Dry Water, a national campaign to promote awareness and enforcement of boating under the influence.   Participating agencies include the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries

15-47-MMS| June 23, 2015 BILOXI, Miss. – Gov. Phil Bryant on Tuesday received the final report of the Governor’s Oyster Council on Restoration and Resiliency, saying the plan outlined will help make the Coast the “Seafood Capitol of the World” once again.   “This was not an easy task,” Bryant told the packed room at

15-46-MMS| June 19, 2015 BILOXI, Miss. – The Governor’s Oyster Council on Restoration and Resiliency will present its final report to Gov. Phil Bryant at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum.   In February, Gov. Bryant signed the Executive Order creating the Council, which was made up of three committees: Oysters in the Economy,