Mississippi Business Journal » Vernon Asper http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 17 May 2013 22:01:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Studying Antarctica remotely from USM’s Department of Marine Science http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/11/studying-antarctica-remotely-from-usm/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=studying-antarctica-remotely-from-usm http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/11/studying-antarctica-remotely-from-usm/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:16:51 +0000 Becky Gillette http://msbusiness.com/?p=68084 Dr. Vernon Asper, a researcher and professor in the Department of Marine Science at the University of Southern Mississippi, has taken 19 trips since 1990 to the Antarctica to do research on underwater particle dynamics using high-tech remotely operated vehicles to gather information. During his most recent trip in November, Asper deployed an ingenious underwater [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/11/studying-antarctica-remotely-from-usm/feed/ 0 Commissioners seated, officers elected http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/05/commissioners-seated-officers-elected/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=commissioners-seated-officers-elected http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/05/commissioners-seated-officers-elected/#comments Sun, 05 Aug 2012 06:01:00 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=60742 The Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources (MCMR) recently swore in three commissioners and elected officers for the new fiscal year. Reappointed members include Steve Bosarge of Jackson County, representing commercial fishermen; Richard Gollott of Harrison County, representing commercial seafood processors; and, Shelby Drummond of Jackson County, representing recreational fishermen. Their terms will run July 1, [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/05/commissioners-seated-officers-elected/feed/ 0 Asper, Drummond named CMR officers http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/08/08/asper-drummond-named-cmr-officers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=asper-drummond-named-cmr-officers http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/08/08/asper-drummond-named-cmr-officers/#comments Sun, 08 Aug 2010 07:00:57 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=28323 The Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources (CMR) has selected Dr. Vernon Asper of Hancock County as chairman, and Shelby Drummond of Jackson County as vice chairman. Asper serves on the CMR as non-profit environmental organization representative, and Drummond represents recreational sports fishermen. Asper is a professor in the Department of Marine Science at the University [...]

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