21-55-CWS | October 20, 2021 BILOXI, Miss. – The second round of Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act applications for commercial and charter fisheries participants will open Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, at 9 a.m. on the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) website at www.dmr.ms.gov/cares-act-two-assistance/. The application process will be open for 30

21-54-CWS | October 13, 2021 BILOXI, Miss. – Marine fisheries staff at the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) have successfully tagged and released four Tripletail in the Mississippi Sound. MDMR staff are monitoring their movements in real time through a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Sportfish Restoration project focused on studying the movement patterns

21-53-CWS | October 12, 2021 BILOXI, Miss. – Officials with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources announced the closing of commercial and recreational harvest for Lane Snapper in Mississippi territorial waters at 12:01 a.m. local time on Monday, Oct. 18, 2021. This is in conjunction with the Gulf of Mexico federal waters closure. The Mississippi Department

21-52-CWS | October 7, 2021 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Advisory Commission on Marine Resources will meet Tuesday, Oct. 12, in Biloxi.   The meeting begins at 9 a.m. and will be held at the Bolton State Building in the first-floor auditorium. The meeting is broadcast live on the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources Facebook

21-51-CWS | October 4, 2021 BILOXI, Miss. – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently awarded a total of $126,646 to a team of managers and scientists collaborating on a research plan to develop a science-based tool for reducing critical uncertainties to support management of the Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama Coastal System (LMACS), with particular attention

21-50-CWS | September 30, 2021 BILOXI, Miss. – NOAA Fisheries has announced the Gulf federal Red Snapper for-hire season will reopen at 12:01 a.m., local time, on Oct. 15, 2021, and will close at 12:01 a.m., local time, on Nov. 6, 2021.   For more information, visit https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USNOAAFISHERIES/bulletins/2f55ec6. The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources is