11-129-CWS | December 9, 2011 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources (CMR) will hold its December meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 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

11-124-CWS | December 8, 2011 BILOXI, Miss. – The MDMR’s Seafood Technology Bureau (STB) is participating in an “Environmental Stewardship Program” that assists elementary schools in the three coastal counties affected by Hurricane Katrina. Qualified schools are encouraged to participate by submitting proof of destruction and a project proposal not to exceed $5,500, such as

11-126-CWS | December 6, 2011 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR), in partnership with Aqua Green, Mississippi State University and the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, will release Cobia on two of Mississippi’s offshore artificial reefs this week in an effort to help restock the fishery.   Approximately

11-125-CWS | December 5, 2011 BILOXI, Miss. – Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) will host a free holiday hayride event Saturday, December 10, with hayrides leaving at 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. from the Grand Bay NERR Coastal Resources Center. Participants will learn how to identify native plants used in holiday decorations and

11-123-CWS | December 2, 2011 BILOXI, Miss. – Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann presented a check for $9,707,662 to the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) at a ceremony held Dec. 1, 2011, at the Secretary of State’s Office in Gulfport–the largest tidelands amount ever returned to the Gulf Coast to date.   “The tidelands

11-122-CWS | November 30, 2011 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) is asking commercial and recreational shrimp fishermen to aid in the on-going monitoring process of the invasive species, Asian tiger shrimp.   There have been reports of small numbers of tiger shrimp caught in northern Gulf waters, including the Mississippi

11-121-CWS | November 17, 2011 BILOXI, Miss. – The Commission on Marine Resources (CMR) certified four Mississippi recreational saltwater fishing records during its November meeting. Mark Herrmann of Gulfport broke the state conventional tackle record for Blackfin Tuna with a 33-pound, .8-ounce fish on May 7, 2011.   Jonathan Stanley of Biloxi broke the state

11-120-CWS | November 4, 2011 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources (CMR) will hold its Nov. meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 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

11-119-CWS | November 3, 2011 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) and partners will hold a FREE Seminar on Mississippi Spotted Seatrout, Thursday, Nov. 17, from 4 to 6 p.m., in the first-floor meeting room of the Bolton Building at 1141 Bayview Ave. in Biloxi. Keynote Speaker, Jim Franks, with the

11-118-CWS | November 3, 2011 BILOXI, Miss. – Grand Bay Reserve is offering a free guided birding boat tour to the outer waters of the Reserve near the Grand Battures and Catch-Em-All Bar on Saturday, November 12, from 8 a.m.* to 11 a.m. Ornithologists, Dr. Mark Woodrey, the Reserve’s Research Coordinator, and Jake Walker, one