13-15-CWS | February 20, 2013 BILOXI, Miss. – The Jackson County Board of Supervisors has filed an application for a wetlands permit with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources requesting authorization to maintenance dredge the Lake Yazoo Canal in Pascagoula.   The proposed dredging is 2,200 feet in length and an average of 60 feet

13-14-CWS | February 14, 2013 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources will formalize the advertisement inviting applications and nominations for the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) Executive Director position at their next regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, February 19, 2013.  Upon approval by the Commission, the advertisement outlining the Executive Director

13-12-CWS | February 11, 2013 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) Boat and Water Safety classes are scheduled in the coastal counties: Jackson, Harrison, and Hancock. To reserve a spot in a class, please call the number next to the class you are interested in attending. Classes with fewer than 10

13-13-CWS | February 8, 2013 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources (MCMR) will hold its February meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013, 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

13-11-CWS | February 5, 2013 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) announces the closing of Area II “A” Conditionally Approved Waters, Area II “E” Conditionally Approved Waters and Area II “F” Conditionally Approved Waters to the harvest of oysters, effective 4 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, due to the water quality

13-09-CWS | February 1, 2013 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) has received a $55,040 grant from the Gulf of Mexico Community-based Restoration Partnership (GCRP) to help fund part of the Deer Island Restoration Project. The grant will be matched by MDMR and will be used to create a living shoreline

13-10-CWS | February 1, 2013 BILOXI, Miss. —The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) Marine Patrol seized 11 gill nets–totaling 1,310 feet–and 333.3 pounds of illegal red drum (valued at $749.93) from Herman William Rieux, who was removing fish from his nets off east Gulf Street in the Ansley community in Hancock County at 3

13-07-CWS | January 31, 2013 BILOXI, Miss. – Build a rain barrel for your yard at the next Adventure Quencher activity on Feb. 16, 10 a.m. to noon, at the Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in partnership with Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant and the Auburn University Marine Extension and Research Center. February’s adventure will include

13-08-CWS | January 31, 2013 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources (MCMR) has called a special meeting to be held Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013 at 6:30 p.m., in the auditorium of the Bolton State Building at 1141 Bayview Avenue in Biloxi, to discuss the search process to be used in selecting a

13-06-CWS | January 29, 2013 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) announces the opening of Area II “A” Conditionally Approved Waters, Area II “E” Conditionally Approved Waters and Area II “F”  to the harvest of oysters for tonging only, effective Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013 at legal sunrise.   • Area II “A”