15-01-CWS | January 12, 2015 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources 2015 marine information calendars now are available at various locations along the Coast.This year’s calendar features photographs of Mississippi coastal habitats and describes the offices and programs that MDMR administers to protect those coastal resources. The free calendar also contains such information

14-104-CWS | December 23, 2014 BILOXI, Miss. – Marine Patrol officers with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources confiscated more than 100 pounds of flounder Tuesday from a seafood dealer in Pascagoula because the owners could not produce records showing where it was purchased.   Lt. Jack Ewing and Cpl. Leo DeGeorge were performing routine

14-102-CWS | December 18, 2014 BILOXI, Miss. – Officials with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources are reminding commercial fishermen that two fishing seasons open early in 2015.   Red drum season opens at 12:01 a.m. Jan. 1, 2015. The commercial quota for this fish is 50,000 pounds. Once that quota is reached, MDMR will

14-100-CWS | December 16, 2014 BILOXI, Miss. – The Commission on Marine Resources certified the state saltwater conventional tackle fishing record at Tuesday’s meeting.   Brandon Bosarge of Gautier broke the record for Speckled hind (Epinephelus drummondhay) with a 12-pound, 12.16-ounce fish he caught on Nov. 21. The previous record was 5 pounds, 8.8 ounces

14-101-CWS | December 16, 2014 BILOXI, Miss. – Officials with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources announced Tuesday that an additional area will open for the harvest of oysters.   Area II “D” Conditionally Approved Waters – This area includes the public reefs in St. Louis Bay between the U.S. 90 bridge and the CSX

14-99-CWS | December 12, 2014 BILOXI, Miss. – The state Commission on Marine Resources will meet Tuesday, December 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

14-98-CWS | December 11, 2014 BILOXI, Miss. – Jamie Miller, executive director of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, issued the following statement after comments about the agency were made Thursday morning at a Jackson County chamber breakfast:   “The events that occurred at the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources under the previous administration were

14-97-CWS | December 5, 2014 BILOXI, Miss. – The Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Jackson County will hold a free open house and hayride from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 12.   The annual holiday open house will include a meet-and-greet with staff members, such as Dr. Ayesha Gray, the new

14-95-CWS | November 25, 2014 BILOXI, Miss. – Officials with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources announced Tuesday that the recreational season for Gag (Mycteroperca microlepis) will close in Mississippi territorial waters at 12:01 a.m. Dec. 3.   The season will reopen July 1, 2015, at 12:01 a.m.   This order is under the authority

14-94-CWS | November 21, 2014 BILOXI, Miss. – Beginning at legal sunrise Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014, the daily oyster limit for commercial tongers will be 10 sacks per licensed vessel.   The previous limit was seven sacks.   The limit for commercial dredgers also is 10 sacks per day.   All Mississippi waters and public