by MBJ Staff Published: February 26,2013
Tags: cellphone, communications, fish, fisherman, fishing, hunt, hunter, huntinmg, license, outdoors, smartphone, technology, telecommunications
JACKSON — The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries & Parks (MDWFP) has released its hunting and fishing Android application. The Android version of the MDWFP iPhone application contains a variety of tools and information for Mississippi hunters, anglers and outdoor enthusiasts. Users can download the application for free in the Google Play store “The MDWFP [...] [...]
GULF OF MEXICO — The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources has closed three areas to oyster harvesting because of water quality issues. The affected harvesting areas are Area II “A,” which includes northern portions of the Pass Christian, Henderson Point Reef and northern portions of Hornet’s Reef; Area II “E,” which covers Square Handkerchief reef [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 11,2013
Tags: audit, auditor, boat, boater, boating, disaster recovery, disaster relief, federal governmenyt, fish, fisherman, fishing, investigate, investigation, investigator, law, legal, maritime, state agency, state government, subpoena
BILOXI — The State Auditor’s Office has served a subpoena for access to two key Mississippi Department of Marine Resources’ financial accounts. That’s according to a published report. Assistant Attorney General Sandy Chesnut tells The Sun Herald the auditor wants record from an account that holds disaster-relief money and from the Rigs to Reefs account. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 18,2012
Tags: agency, angling, boat, boater, boating, dam, ecosystem, environment, fish, fisherman, fishing, government, lake, outdoors, recreation, state, stock, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, water, wildlife
SALTILLO — It may not look ready, but according to state wildlife officials, Lake Lamar Bruce is ready to be stocked with fish — very small bluegill and redear sunfish as well as catfish fingerlings. “Tupelo Fish Hatchery and Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks have partnered to raise the fish to put back [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 18,2012
Tags: agency, angling, computer, fish, fisherman, hardware, hunt, hunter, hunting, license, outdoors, software, state, strwamline, technology, wildlife
JACKSON — The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries & Parks (MDWFP) has streamlined its outdoor services on San Diego-based ACTIVE Network’s ActiveWorks Outdoors technology platform. MDWFP is the first Outdoors customer to consolidate information, like game harvest reporting and registration information, into a single database, according to the company. Earlier this year, ACTIVE Network successfully [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 5,2012
Tags: angling, college, ecosystem, environmernt, fingerling, fish, fisherman, higher education, laboratory, outdoors, reef, sports, university, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — The University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (GCRL), Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (DMR) and Aqua Green, LLC are partnering to produce popular recreational fish such as spotted seatrout, red snapper and cobia for release into Mississippi waters. The group is releasing hundreds of red snapper fingerlings onto offshore [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 12,2012
Tags: angl;er, angling, crappie, enironment, fish, fisherman, fishing, lake, outdoors, state agency, state park, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, wildlife
AROUND MISSISSIPPI — If you’re fishing one of Mississippi’s 19 state-operated lakes this winter and you catch a crappie with a dark stripe running down its back, don’t worry. There’s nothing wrong with it. It’s a relatively new breed of fish known as a “Magnolia crappie” that state conservation officials have been experimenting with for [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 8,2012
Tags: city, construction, contract, fish, fisherman, fishing, harbor, marina, municipal govertnment, municipality, outdoors, swim, swimmer, swimming, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, water, water sports
BAY ST. LOUIS — Officials have delayed for at least two weeks a decision on awarding a contract for a $21 million marina and harbor project. The Sea Coast Echo reports the bids for the harbor project were accepted six weeks ago. The low bidder was Gill’s Crane and Dozer Service of Slidell, La., with [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 27,2012
Tags: arrest, boat, bogus, commercial fisherman, court, environment, explosion, federal government, fisherman, fraud, gas, justice, Oil, oil spill, oilrig, petroleum, safety, seafood, train, trainer, training, wildlife, workplace
WIGGINS — A Mississippi woman is accused of posing as a federal worker to make nearly $216,000 giving fraudulent training classes to fishermen who hoped to get jobs cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010. A 22-count federal indictment unsealed yesterday alleges that Connie M. Knight, 46, used phony credentials, diplomas and [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: August 15,2012
Tags: biologist, biology, ecosystem, education, environment, fingerlings, fish, fisherman, fishing, higher education, outdoors, release, research, science, scientists, state agency, wildlife
SAINT LOUIS BAY — The Seatrout Population Enhancement Cooperative (SPEC), a partnership of the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (GCRL), Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) and Coastal Conservation Association (CCA) of Mississippi since 2005, is releasing thousands of spotted seatrout fingerlings into the waters of Saint Louis Bay this week. Yesterday’s [...] [...]