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Recreational fishing season closing for Greater Amberjack

25-46-CWS | September 25, 2025 BILOXI, Miss. – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials have announced that the recreational fishing season for Greater Amberjack (Seriola dumerili) will close in federal waters on September 27, 2025, at 12:01 a.m. local time. In concurrence with the federal season closure, the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources is announcing

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MDMR certifies state saltwater finfish records for September

25-45-CWS | September 24, 2025 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources certified three state saltwater fishing records for the month of September.   For conventional tackle, Chris Barlow of Vancleave set the record for Wenchman Snapper (Pristipomoides aquilonaris) with a fish weighing 4.8 ounces.   For all tackle using an electric reel,

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LEGAL NOTICE – Order Opening Certain Waters to Commercial and Recreational Shrimping and to Re-establish the Shrimping Line

By virtue of the authority vested in the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, under the provisions of §49-15-15(1) Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, after having conducted sampling, does hereby declare and order that: In addition to waters previously opened June 23, 2025 to shrimping by order of the Mississippi

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Certain waters for commercial and recreational shrimping to open, re-establish shrimping line

25-43-CWS | September 12, 2025 BILOXI, Miss. – In addition to waters previously opened to shrimping on June 23, 2025, all waters south and west of a line beginning at Beacon “18” in the Biloxi Bay Channel, running northwesterly to Beacon “22” in the Biloxi Bay Channel, northwesterly to Beacon “26” in the Biloxi Bay

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