11-117-CWS | November 1, 2011 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources’ (MDMR) Artificial Reef Bureau and NASA’s Stennis Space Center recently teamed up to continue efforts to enhance deep-water fishing in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Since Hurricane Katrina—when nearly 100 percent of Mississippi’s artificial reefs were destroyed—the MDMR has conducted 113

11-110-CWS | October 27, 2011 About 3,100 volunteers scoured Mississippi’s beaches and waterways picking up marine debris at 77 designated cleanup sites during the 23rd annual Mississippi Coastal Cleanup, part of the International Coastal Cleanup—the world’s largest volunteer effort to clean up the marine environment. During the 2011 Mississippi Coastal Cleanup, 3,102 volunteers picked up

11-116-CWS | October 27, 2011 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) has announced all areas and reefs of the State of Mississippi that are currently opened to oyster harvest will close to at 3 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011, and will remain closed until further notice in order to conserve the

11-113-CWS | October 18, 2011 BILOXI, Miss. — The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources’ (MDMR) Marine Patrol responded to a call of a capsized vessel, which occurred Tuesday morning at the west tip of Horn Island; four people were ejected from the boat, but none sustained serious injuries.   The call came in to MDMR

11-112-CWS | October 18, 2011 BILOXI, Miss. – The commercial fishing season for greater amberjack will close in Mississippi territorial waters at 12:01 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011, and will reopen at 12:01 a.m., Jan. 1, 2012.   The closing of the commercial greater amberjack season is issued under the authority of Mississippi Code

11-110-CWS | October 15, 2011 About 3,000 volunteers scoured Mississippi’s beaches and waterways picking up marine debris at 77 designated cleanup sites during the 23rd annual Mississippi Coastal Cleanup, part of the International Coastal Cleanup—the world’s largest volunteer effort to clean up the marine environment. During the 2011 Mississippi Coastal Cleanup, 2,984 volunteers picked up

11-111-CWS | October 14, 2011 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) has announced that the 2011-2012 limited Mississippi oyster season is scheduled to open to tonging only at legal sunrise Monday, Oct. 24, 2011, only in Areas II “A”, “B” and “C” Conditionally Approved waters, provided the area meets all criteria

11-109-CWS | October 13, 2011 BILOXI, Miss. – The commercial fishing season for red drum will close in Mississippi territorial waters at 6 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011, and will reopen Jan. 1, 2012.   The closing of the commercial red drum season is issued under the authority of State Statue 49-15-15 (1) of

11-107-CWS | October 11, 2011 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources (CMR) will hold its Oct. meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 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

11-106-CWS | October 10, 2011 BILOXI, Miss. – Grand Bay Day is quickly approaching at the Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Bring your family and friends out to the reserve and learn about the research and stewardship activities that are going on in this outdoor “Living Laboratory.” Interact with researchers and educators, help clean