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LEGAL NOTICE – Order Opening Mississippi State Recreational Red Snapper Season

Under the authority of Mississippi Code Ann. § 49-15-15, the Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources does hereby order that: The Mississippi state recreational fishing season for Red Snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) shall open in Mississippi territorial waters on Friday, May 23, 2025 at 12:01 a.m. local time. The bag limit will be

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2020 Mississippi Bonnet Carré Spillway Fisheries Disaster Recovery Program for Wild Oyster and Shrimp financial assistance applications open May 2

25-14-CWS | April 30, 2025 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Sound was inundated with freshwater from March through August of 2019, which resulted in severe impacts to multiple fisheries. These impacts included mass mortalities of oyster reefs and loss of Brown Shrimp recruitment which caused landings to decline the following year of 2020. Specifically, the

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LEGAL NOTICE – Order Closing The 2024-2025 Mississippi Oyster Season for the Harvest of Oysters

In accordance with the Mississippi Administrative Code Title 22, Part 1 and the “Order by the Director of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources Reopening the 2024-2025 Mississippi Oyster Season in certain waters classified as approved and conditionally approved, and placing certain restrictions on oyster harvesting and handling activities,” the MDMR hereby orders that the

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Order of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources Adjusting the Daily Commercial Sack Limits

In accordance with the Mississippi Administrative Code Title 22, Part I and the “Order by the Director of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources Reopening the 2024 – 2025 Mississippi Oyster Season in certain waters classified as approved and conditionally approved, and placing certain restrictions on oyster harvesting and handling activities,” the MDMR has the

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Order Reopening Conditionally Approved and Approved Waters to the Harvest of Oysters

In accordance with the Mississippi Administrative Code Title 22, Part 1 and the “Order by the Director of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources Reopening the 2024 – 2025 Mississippi Oyster Season in certain waters classified as approved and conditionally approved, and placing certain restrictions on oyster harvesting and handling activities,” the MDMR hereby orders

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Shrimp season to close west of Gulfport Ship Channel; Additional waters south of Intracoastal Waterway remain open

25-13-CWS | April 18, 2025 BILOXI, Miss. – Officials with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) announced today that beginning Thursday, May 1, 2025, all waters south of the Intracoastal Waterway and west of the Gulfport Ship Channel in Mississippi territorial waters are closed to shrimping.   The annual closure takes effect at 12:01

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