by MBJ Staff Published: March 30,2012
Tags: agriculture, appropriations, aquaculture, bill, budget, catfish, diplomacy, federal agency, federal government, fish, food, food safety, funding, imports, inspections, international trade, law, lawmakers, legislation, legislative, Politics, Senator
WASHINGTON — Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) yesterday again stressed to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack the importance to U.S. food safety and the economy of implementing a program to more thoroughly inspect imported catfish. Cochran addressed the issue at Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on the FY2013 budget request for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). [...] [...]
BILOXI — The Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources (CMR) has voted to approve a notice of intent to change state regulations on size and possession limits of some fish and prohibit the sale of seafood by recreational fishermen. The proposed changes include lowering the grouper limit from an aggregate of five to four fish for [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 16,2011
Tags: environment, federal government, fish, habitat, lumber, mill, pullutants, sawmills. pollution, timber, trees, wildlife
PEARL RIVER — Temple-Inland Inc. faces a federal criminal investigation over an August spill that killed thousands of fish in the Pearl River south of its Bogalusa, La., paper mill. A Mississippi official said environmental regulators from Mississippi and Louisiana have spoken repeatedly to federal investigators about the August incident, which left 500,000 dead fish [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 15,2011
Tags: environment, fish, forests, lumber, manufacturing, mills, pollution, state government, timber, trees, wildlife, wood
PEARL RIVER — Staff from the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) and the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) has released approximately 3,000 “harvestable-size” channel catfish into the Pearl River. These larger fish will provide an immediate fishing resource to a depleted population, are less susceptible to predation than fingerlings, and will [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 26,2011
Tags: angling, contamination, environment, fish, fishing, manufacturing, paper mill, pollution, state government, wildlife
PEARL RIVER — State environmental regulators have approved Louisiana-based paper producer Temple-Inland Inc.’s request to begin a limited wastewater discharge from its water treatment system in order to reduce water levels in its stabilization basin. Authorities say doing so will allow for rainfall and cooling water at the plant and prevent an emergency discharge in [...] [...]
PEARL RIVER — Paper producer Temple-Inland Inc. says it believes that a problem with its wastewater treatment facility at a Louisiana plant triggered a huge fish kill on the Pearl River. Meanwhile, the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District (PRV) has temporarily increased the discharge from the Ross Barnett Reservoir to help the lower Pearl River [...] [...]
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI — Authorities are trying to determine if a paper mill in Bogalusa, La., was the source of contamination that caused a large fish kill on the Pearl River, an important river for the threatened Gulf sturgeon, an ancient fish species. Yesterday, investigators with the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality said they had inspected [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: August 15,2011
Tags: closure, contamination, environment, fish, fishing, food, outdoors, pollution, swimming, water, wildlife
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) is working with Pearl River County to advise residents that a precautionary water contact closure has been issued for a section of the Pearl River in Pearl River County. The section extends from Highway 26 near Poplarville south to I-59 near Nicholson. MDEQ, along with other state and [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: August 2,2011
Tags: angling, environment, fish, fishing, pesticides, pollution, public health, runnoff, state government, wildlife
MISSISSIPPI DELTA — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) and the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) are removing several waters from the 2001 Delta Regional Fish Advisory. The agencies, in conjunction with the Mississippi Fish Advisory Task Force, have determined through fish tissue data analysis that people can now consume all species of [...] [...]
WASHINGTON — The Catfish Farmers of America says it welcomes streamlining U.S. government regulation of America’s food supply chain, but warns that back-peddling on critical seafood safety inspections and regulations will put consumers at greater risk. In a new report, the Government Accountability Office questions the cost of transferring the regulation of catfish from the [...] [...]
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