Mississippi Business Journal » oyster-harvest http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 17:49:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Oyster harvesting underway http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/30/oyster-harvesting-underway/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=oyster-harvesting-underway http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/30/oyster-harvesting-underway/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:35:45 +0000 Lisa Monti http://msbusiness.com/?p=66013 State regulators opened oyster season Nov. 5, a bit later than normal this year with a fair amount of caution after Mississippi River flooding last year kept the season to a paltry six days of tonging only. The season normally runs from October through April, even beyond with ideal conditions. This year the Department of [...]

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