11-77-CWS | July 14, 2011 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) will hold two turtle excluder device (TED) gear workshops at the Bolton State Building, July 18 and July 19, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Both workshops will be conducted in English; a Vietnamese translator will translate the July 19 […]

11-78-CWS | July 13, 2011 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources’ (MDMR) Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) will present Paint En Plein Air—A Morning Excursion into the Reserve for Artists Saturday, July 16, from 7:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. This event is a free outdoor adventure for mature teens and

11-75-CWS | July 8, 2011 BILOXI, Miss. – The 2011‐2012 edition of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources’ (DMR) Guide to Mississippi Saltwater Fishing Rules and Regulations is now available at the DMR office located at 1141 Bayview Ave., Biloxi, at bait shops all along the Coast and can be downloaded at www.dmr.ms.gov. The free

11-76-CWS | July 8, 2011 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources (CMR) will hold its July meeting on Tuesday, July 19, 2011, at 9 a.m. The meeting will be held at the Bolton State Building, 1141 Bayview Avenue in Biloxi.   The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources is dedicated to enhancing, protecting

11-73-CWS | June 23, 2011 BILOXI, Miss. – Two Coast anglers recently set new Mississippi recreational saltwater conventional tackle records for Bigeye Tuna and Creolefish. The Commission on Marine Resources certified the records during its June 21 meeting.   Stacy Combs of D’Iberville set the record with a 92-pound, 2.88-ounce Bigeye Tuna on May 11,

11-71-CWS | June 9, 2011 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources (CMR) will hold its June meeting on Tuesday, June 21, 2011, at 9 a.m. The meeting will be held at the Bolton State Building, 1141 Bayview Avenue in Biloxi.   The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources is dedicated to enhancing, protecting

11-70-CWS | June 9, 2011 BILOXI, Miss. — Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) will host a guided paddling exploration of Bayou Heron, Saturday, June 18, at 7:15 a.m. NERR Education Coordinator Jennifer Buchanan will lead the free tour and share stories about the marks left behind on the land by our early settlers

11-69-CWS | June 3, 2011 BILOXI, Miss. – The commercial fishing season for spotted seatrout will close in Mississippi territorial waters on Monday, June 6, 2011, at 6 a.m. The season will reopen Jan. 1, 2012.   The closing of the commercial spotted seatrout season is issued under the authority of Section 49-15-15 1 (a)

11-67-CWS | June 2, 2011 BILOXI, Miss. – Coastal Mississippi is currently under extreme drought conditions. After two recent wildfires on Deer Island, the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (DMR) is reminding the public that Harrison and Jackson counties along the coast have a burn ban in effect that prohibits any outdoor burning, including campfires.

11-66-CWS | June 1, 2011 BILOXI, Miss. – The first weekend of National Fishing and Boating Week in June of each year is designated as “Free Fishing Weekend.” In 2011, those dates are June 4 and 5. The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) would like anglers to know that any person may saltwater sport