GULF OF MEXICO — The 2013 Mississippi shrimp season opened at 6 a.m., today to good weather and good shrimp but small numbers, based on early reports from shrimp fishermen. This is according to the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR). Shrimp season opens in Mississippi territorial waters when sampling confirms shrimp have reached the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 3,2013
Tags: angl;er, angling, boat, boat slip, boater, boating, construction, fish, fisherman, fishing, harbor, outdoors, recreation, repair, sports, water
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — Commercial and recreational boat slips are under construction or repair in almost every city across South Mississippi. The Sun Herald reports the biggest projects are new harbors being built in Bay St. Louis and Pass Christian that will add a total of 348 new boat slips to the Coast. Pass Christian [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 28,2013
Tags: angl;er, angling, boat, boater, boating, fish, fishing, harbor, martiime, outdoors, restoration, shrimp, shrimper, shrimping, water
BILOXI — Delays are over and the Biloxi Commercial Harbor has re-opened in time for the 2013 shrimp season. WLOX TV reports that shrimpers are glad the harbor is back in business. The harbor has 55 slips, along with concrete piers and new pilings. It’s also deeper than before. The harbor was badly damaged by [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 21,2013
Tags: association, bayou, boaster, boat, boating, county government, dredge, dredging, ecosystem, environment, homeowner, lake, land, navigation, oxbow, property, sediment, silt, state agency, wildlife
DIAMONDHEAD — The Hancock County Board of Supervisors and Diamondhead Property Owners Association have filed an application for a wetlands permit with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) requesting authorization to excavate and dredge accreted sediment in Devil’s Elbow, an oxbow of Rotten Bayou, in Diamondhead. Accelerated sedimentation, due to a lack of upland [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 12,2013
Tags: auditor, board of supervisors, boat, city, city government, county, county government, erlecvted official, fish, fishng, mayor, mayoral candidate, missapropriation, municipal, municipality, political campaign, politician, Politics, public official, state agency, supervisor, tax
OCEAN SPRINGS — Jackson County Supervisor John McKay says the deep-sea fishing trips he took in 2012 with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources are now an issue in his race for mayor of Ocean Springs. McKay, a Republican, tells The Sun Herald he wants to talk to State Auditor Stacey Pickering about the trips. [...] [...]
by Alan Turner Published: May 10,2013
Tags: accident, barge, boat, bridge, collision, ship, shipper, shipping, state agency, towboat, transportation, video
VICKSBURG — Louisiana officials have informally asked about video from security cameras at the old U.S. Highway 80 bridge where a barge struck the Mississippi River span on March 23, 2011. Vicksburg Bridge Commission superintendent Herman Smith tells the Vicksburg Post the agency has not been served with a subpoena for the video. The highway [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 2,2013
Tags: boat, boater, boating, export, exporter, exporting, feasibility study, import, importer, importing, international trade, port, shiopper, ship, shipping, trade, transportation
GULFPORT — The Port of Gulfport is asking the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to study the feasibility of a 47-foot-deep ship channel in Gulfport. The Sun Herald reports the corps will take public comment on the proposed study at a meeting May 21 in Gulfport. The port’s request to deepen the 20-mile ship channel [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 23,2013
Tags: accident, barge, boat, boater, boating, bridge, collision, navigation, river, ship, shipper, shipping, sink, sunk, towboat, transportation
VICKSBURG — Authorities say the barge that sank after hitting a bridge on the Mississippi River at Vicksburg poses no dangers to shipping or the environment. Coast Guard Capt. Bill Drelling said today that the barge is in 80 feet of water so there’s no risk of other barges hitting it. No decision has been [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 22,2013
Tags: accident, barge, boat, boater, boating, bridge, flood, flooding, navigation, rain, river, ship, shipper, shipping, sinking, snow, spring flood, sunk, towboat, transportation, water
VICKSBURG — The Coast Guard closed the Mississippi River at Vicksburg after barges hit a railroad bridge there yesterday and about 30 barges broke free from the towboat “Captain Buck Lay.” Nine towboats — six bound upriver and three heading downriver — with a total of 134 barges were waiting to get through yesterday evening, [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 19,2013
Tags: baoting, barge, boat, boater, engineer, engineering, federal agnecy, federal government, flood, flooding, floodwater, maintenance, navigation, river, ship, shipper, shipping, towboat
MISSISSIPPI RIVER — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District’s (Corps) Mat Sinking Unit (MSU), has completed an extended mat-sinking season. This revetment season included a larger than normal program with critical repairs being made to sites damaged as a result of the 2011 historic flood. During this longer, eight-month, revetment season, the MSU placed [...] [...]
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