13-26-CWS | March 8, 2013 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources (MCMR) has called a special meeting to be held Wednesday, March 13 at 9 a.m., in the auditorium of the Bolton State Building at 1141 Bayview Avenue in Biloxi, to consider applications for the new executive director for the Mississippi Department

13-25-CWS | March 6, 2013 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) presented five local students with the MDMR Excellence in Marine Sciences Award at the Region VI Science and Engineering Fair held March 5, 2013, at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Coliseum and Convention Center. The MDMR has sponsored the award for

13-23-CWS | March 1, 2013 BILOXI, Miss. – “A very rewarding experience,” is how student Edmund Harris described his alternative spring break plans. On Thursday, Feb. 28 students from Vermont gathered in Pass Christian to assist Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) employees with filling bags of recycled oyster shells for the Deer Island Restoration

13-22-CWS | February 28, 2013 BILOXI, Miss. —The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) Marine Patrol began a search and rescue mission last night for two missing kayakers. The body of one of the kayakers, Kenneth Rainer, 57, of Biloxi was recovered at 12:13 a.m. today near the Biloxi east channel. Marine Patrol, U.S. Coast

13-20-CWS | February 28, 2013 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR), Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve and The University of Southern Mississippi are hosting a Mississippi Artificial Reef Seminar on Tuesday, March 12, from 6 to 8 p.m., in the first-floor meeting room of the Bolton Building at 1141 Bayview

13-21-CWS | February 27, 2013 BILOXI, Miss. – An ongoing Deer Island restoration project is in need of volunteers to help build 8,000 wire bags, fill them with oyster shells and deploy them along the island’s shoreline. Volunteers also are needed to place logs made of coconut fiber along the shoreline. The Deer Island restoration

13-19-CWS | February 27, 2013 BILOXI, Miss. – During the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) Shrimp and Crab Bureau’s 2013 Derelict Crab Trap Cleanup, a total of 281 derelict crab traps were removed from Mississippi waters to be recycled at Coast scrap-metal facility. We would like to thank Sims Metal Management, which also donated

13-18-CWS | February 25, 2013 BILOXI, Miss. – What do an unopened safe, a chandelier and a tiki hut all have in common? They are among the unusual items found by volunteers cleaning up the beaches and coastal waterways during the 2012 Mississippi Coastal Cleanup, which is part of the International Coastal Cleanup, the world’s

13-17-CWS | February 22, 2013 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources’ (MDMR) Marine Patrol loaded supplies today for a relief trip to Hattiesburg on Saturday, Feb. 23.  MDMR employees collected items for victims of the Feb. 10 tornado and plan to cook for relief workers and tornado victims.   Supplies will be

13-16-CWS | February 21, 2013 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources’ (MDMR) will be in Hattiesburg on Saturday, Feb. 23, to cook for relief workers and tornado victims and deliver supplies donated by MDMR employees.   “This should be a very rewarding experience and one the employees of DMR should be proud