GULF OF MEXICO — The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources has closed Area II “E” Conditionally Approved Waters and Area II “F” Conditionally Approved Waters to the harvest of oysters, effective at 4 p.m. yesterday. The agency reports it took the action due to the Pearl River stage exceeding MDMR’s management plan criteria for these [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 8,2013
Tags: commercial fisherman, commercial fishing, commission, complain, federal government, fishing, food, import, international trade, investigation, legislative, seafood, shrimp, shrimper, shrimping, subsidize, subsidy
BILOXI — The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) determined that there was a reasonable indication that the domestic shrimp industry is injured by subsidized imports of shrimp from China, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, according to the Coalition of Gulf Shrimp Industries (COGSI). COGSI filed petitions seeking relief from subsidized shrimp imports on [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 2,2013
Tags: commercial fishing, crustacean, federal, government, import, market, petition, price, seafood, shrimp, shrimper, shrimping, subsidized, subsidy
GULF OF MEXICO — Shrimpers have filed petitions with the federal government seeking relief from subsidized shrimp imports. The move came several weeks after Gulf of Mexico shrimpers hailed a House bill that included a provision to increase U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s powers to combat illegal imports. The Coalition of Gulf Shrimp Industries filed [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 21,2012
Tags: agency, commercial fishing, Extension, fishing, food, oyster, oysterman, seafood, season, shellfish, state
GULF OF MEXICO — The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources says the limited oyster season — for tonging only — will extend past the Dec. 29 closing date. The Mississippi Press reports a new closing date will be set later. The closing date of the limited oyster season for dredging is still set for 4 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 28,2012
Tags: commercial fisherman, commercial fishing, ecosystem, environment, federal agency, fishing, sea turtle, seafood, shrimp, trutle excluder device, turle, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — New regulations that would have forced shrimpers in the bays and marshes of the Gulf of Mexico to install devices on their nets to save endangered sea turtles have been scrapped by federal officials. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it is withdrawing plans by its fisheries service to require [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 24,2012
Tags: commercial fisherman, commercial fishing, Extension, harvest, limited, oyster, oysterman, seafood, season, state agency
GULF OF MEXICO — Mississippi is opening a limited oyster season at sunrise Nov. 5 in some areas along the Gulf Coast. The season ends at 4 p.m. Dec. 29, unless the head of the Department of Marine Resources decides to extend it. Many areas that are open during the season are near Pass Christian [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 20,2012
Tags: catch, commercial fisherman, commercial fishing, death, disaster, ecosystem, environment, explosion, fatality, fish, fishing, gasoline, natural gas, Nature, Oil, oil spill, oilrig, outdoors, petroleum, pollution, seafood, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — Fishing boats in the Gulf of Mexico hauled in more menhaden and other species last year compared with 2010, when millions of gallons of oil spewed from a blown well, according to a federal fisheries report. But it’s too early to rule out any long-term effects from the spill, said Roy [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 18,2012
Tags: commercial fishing, death, facility, fatality, federal agency, federal government, feed, fine, fish, fishing, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, penalty, plant, safety, violation, workplace
MOSS POINT — A federal safety agency has proposed fines of $79,200 for Omega Protein Inc. for 25 safety and health violations found after the death of a worker who got caught in a rotating screw conveyor. The Sun Herald reports the Occupational Safety and Health Administration released its findings yesterday from an inspection in [...] [...]
GULF OF MEXICO — Mississippi’s brown shrimp season opened May 30, one of the earliest openings on record, when sampling confirmed shrimp had reached a size of 68 count per pound, the state requirement. Mississippi Department of Marine Resources biologist Bill Richardson tells The Sun Herald the first two weeks of the season brought in [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: July 7,2012
Tags: commercial fishing, commission, fish, fishing, habitat, marine resources, sea turtle, seafood, state agency, turle, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — The Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources (CMR) unanimously approved a Sea Turtle Study Resolution, which was presented to them for approval at the June 19 CMR meeting. The approved resolution was submitted to the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and requested a comprehensive Gulf of Mexico [...] [...]
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