12-70-CWS | October 14, 2012 BILOXI, Miss. — Mississippi Department of Marine Resources’ (MDMR) Marine Patrol, with assistance from the U.S. Coast Guard and Bay St. Louis Fire Department, rescued four stranded boaters from Square Handkerchief Shoal in Hancock County early Saturday morning after the 30‐ foot cuddy cabin boat carrying the four Baton Rouge,

12-65-CWS | October 4, 2012 Volunteers in Hancock, Harrison and Jackson counties are needed for the 24th annual Mississippi Coastal Cleanup to be held from 8 a.m. – 11 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 20, in conjunction with the International Coastal Cleanup—the world’s largest volunteer cleanup effort on behalf of the marine environment. Gov. Phil Bryant has

12-69-CWS | October 4, 2012 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources (MCMR) will hold its Oct. meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, 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

12-67-CWS | September 24, 2012 BILOXI, Miss. – The Commission on Marine Resources (MCMR) certified three Mississippi recreational saltwater conventional tackle records during its September 18 meeting.   Hannah Walker of Memphis, Tenn. set the state record for Squirrelfish with a 1-pound, 3-ounce fish on August 3, 2012.   Matt Glenn of Pascagoula broke the

12-64CWS | September 19, 2012 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) will be holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Sept. 26 at 10 a.m. at Lynn Meadows Discovery Center, 246 Dolan Avenue, Gulfport, to unveil one of three clean energy demonstration projects on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The Powering Renewal project, funded

12-63-CWS | September 17, 2012 BILOXI, Miss. —The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) Marine Patrol and the United States Coast Guard (USCG) are conducting an investigation of a fatal boat accident that occurred early Sunday morning near the eastern tip of Deer Island.   Between 6:20 and 6:25 Sunday morning, a 23-foot, center-console fishing vessel

12-60-CWS | September 13, 2012 BILOXI, Miss. – The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) Department of Coastal Sciences and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (US ACE) Engineer Research and Development Center will be deploying 19 buoys around the State Port at Gulfport this month as part of a two-year monitoring study of juvenile and sub-adult

12-59-CWS | September 12, 2012 BILOXI, Miss. – Pursuant to the authority granted by Governor Bryant’s Proclamation dated August 26, 2012 and Mississippi Code Annotated § 33-15-11(c)(1), The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) is waiving the permit fee requirement for the rebuilding and repairing of previously authorized structures damaged by Hurricane Isaac and its aftermath

12-61-CWS | September 11, 2012 BILOXI, Miss. – A public hearing will be held on Sept. 12, 2012 at 6 p.m. at the Pascagoula Public Library located at 3214 Pascagoula Street in Pascagoula on a proposed project at V.T. Halter Marine in Pascagoula. The public hearing will not be a question and answer session, but will

12-58-CWS | September 6, 2012 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources (MCMR) approved two notices of intent at its Aug. 21 meeting to update, modify and change sections of Mississippi Title 22 Parts 7 and 17. Both notices were filed with the Mississippi Secretary of State’s office on Aug. 23, 2012.   The