by MBJ Staff Published: October 28,2011
Tags: commercial fishing, disaster, environment, flooding, floods, marine life, natural disaster, oysterman, oystermen, oysters, rains, severe weather, shellfish, state government, Weather, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) is closing all areas and reefs of the state that are currently opened to oyster harvest.
The areas will close at 3 p.m. tomorrow, and will remain closed until further notice in order to conserve the resource.
The MDMR opened the oyster Oct. 24.
“This action is [...] [...]
GULF OF MEXICO — The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) has scheduled the 2011-2012 limited Mississippi oyster season to open to tonging only at legal sunrise Oct. 24, only in Areas II “A,” “B” and “C” Conditionally Approved waters, provided the area meets all criteria for opening as specified in the area management plan.
Area [...] [...]
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — Mississippi Department of Marine Resources’ data shows this to be an average or better shrimp season while about 100 shrimpers said it is the worst they can remember.
The Sun Herald reports the fishermen, most of them Vietnamese, attended yesterday’s DMR meeting in Biloxi. Their representatives said they should be out fishing [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 7,2011
Tags: commercial fishing, disaster, disaster recovery, energy, environment, fishing, offshore drilling, Oil, oil and gas, oil spill, oysters, petroleum
GULF OF MEXICO — Louisiana may delay the start of the oyster season on most public seed grounds while scientists collect oysters and sediment to check for any damage from last year’s BP PLC oil spill.
National Resource Damage Assessment teams will begin next week to look for information including how big, fat and thick on [...] [...]
GULF OF MEXICO — In addition to waters previously opened to shrimping, the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) has opened waters in the Biloxi Bay Channel between Beacon 18 and Beacon 26.
The area will be closed, however, if during routine sampling it is found that undersize shrimp have moved into the vicinity.
Recreational and commercial [...] [...]
BILOXI — The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), in coordination with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), announce that Mississippi oysters are safe for human consumption.
Mississippi oyster season is closed during the summer months and typically opens [...] [...]
GULF OF MEXICO — Shrimp landings may be way below average this season, but the quality of Gulf shrimp is still good.
Shrimping began on time when state waters opened June 3. Because of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, partial closures were implemented beginning June 8. By July 1, state waters had completely closed.
“With closures starting [...] [...]
GULF OF MEXICO — Gov. Bobby Jindal wants a $173-million program — paid for by BP PLC — to monitor the safety and quality of Louisiana seafood for the next five years.
The program also would provide marketing funds to promote the state’s seafood to consumers.
During a news conference yesterday, Jindal says that unless such a [...] [...]
GULF OF MEXICO — Shrimping is now permitted in state waters off the western tip of the Florida Panhandle that had been closed due to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
As a precaution, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission closed the 23-mile stretch of water off Escambia County on June 14 to [...] [...]
GULF OF MEXICO — Shrimpers trawling Louisiana waters today in the first commercial season since the Gulf disaster don’t know what dangers from the massive BP oil spill still lurk and what market there will be for their catch if consumers don’t believe the seafood is safe.
Perhaps the biggest fear is that some fisherman might [...] [...]
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