11-84-CWS | August 4, 2011 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources (CMR) will hold its August meeting on Tuesday, August 16, 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

11-82-CWS | July 29, 2011 BILOXI, Miss. – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Gulf of Mexico Program Office recently announced that Dr. William Walker, Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, will receive a First Place Gulf Guardian Award for 2011 in the Individual category. The Awards ceremony will be held in conjunction

11-81-CWS | July 25, 2011 BILOXI, Miss. – The NOAA “Scoping Document to Reduce Incidental Bycatch and Mortality of Sea Turtles in the Southeastern U.S. Shrimp Fishery” is currently being reviewed by the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) staff. Sea turtles die for a number of reasons, including boat strikes, disease, harmful algal blooms,

11-83-CWS | July 24, 2011 BILOXI, Miss. —A multi-agency response that included the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) Marine Patrol, Hancock County Search and Rescue, Hancock County Sheriff’s Department, and Waveland Police and Fire departments resulted in the recovery of the bodies of two Louisiana children who drowned in the Mississippi Sound in Waveland

11-77-CWS | July 14, 2011 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) will hold two turtle excluder device (TED) gear workshops at the Bolton State Building, July 18 and July 19, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Both workshops will be conducted in English; a Vietnamese translator will translate the July 19

11-78-CWS | July 13, 2011 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources’ (MDMR) Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) will present Paint En Plein Air—A Morning Excursion into the Reserve for Artists Saturday, July 16, from 7:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. This event is a free outdoor adventure for mature teens and

11-75-CWS | July 8, 2011 BILOXI, Miss. – The 2011‐2012 edition of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources’ (DMR) Guide to Mississippi Saltwater Fishing Rules and Regulations is now available at the DMR office located at 1141 Bayview Ave., Biloxi, at bait shops all along the Coast and can be downloaded at www.dmr.ms.gov. The free

11-76-CWS | July 8, 2011 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources (CMR) will hold its July meeting on Tuesday, July 19, 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

11-73-CWS | June 23, 2011 BILOXI, Miss. – Two Coast anglers recently set new Mississippi recreational saltwater conventional tackle records for Bigeye Tuna and Creolefish. The Commission on Marine Resources certified the records during its June 21 meeting.   Stacy Combs of D’Iberville set the record with a 92-pound, 2.88-ounce Bigeye Tuna on May 11,

11-71-CWS | June 9, 2011 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources (CMR) will hold its June meeting on Tuesday, June 21, 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