by MBJ Staff Published: May 23,2012
Tags: commercial fishing, fishing, food, harvesting, prawns, restaurants, seafood, season, shrimp, shrimping, state agency
GULF OF MEXICO — The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) has set the opening date of the 2012-2013 shrimp season in Mississippi territorial waters for 6 a.m., May 30. Shrimp season will close at midnight, Dec. 31, except south of the Intracoastal Waterway. In addition, all state waters shall close to shrimping activities, except [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 17,2012
Tags: federal agency, food, food safety, gorcers, gorcery stores, importers, importing, imports, oysters, seafood, shellfish, state agency
AROUND MISSISSIPPI — The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC) has placed off sale several packages of frozen Korean oysters, because the product was from an unapproved source and considered to be adulterated by the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA). MDAC’s consumer protection inspectors found the product this morning at small, Asian retail [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 4,2012
Tags: accident, attorneys, claims, class-action lawsuit, courts, disaster, disaster recovery, energy, environment, explosion, gas, judges, judicial, judiciary, lawsuit, lawyers, legal, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, restaurants, seafood, settlement, tourism, tourists, visitors, wildlife
NEW ORLEANS — The federal judge who will decide whether to approve a class-action settlement of claims against BP PLC has scheduled a January 2013 trial for other claims spawned by the deadly blowout of the company’s deepwater well in the Gulf Mexico. After meeting yesterday behind closed doors with attorneys, U.S. District Judge Carl [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 3,2012
Tags: accident, bench, courts, disaster, disaster recovery, energy, environment, explosion, gas, habitat, judges, judicial, judiciary, lawsuit, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, restaurants, seafood, settlement, tourism, tourists, visitors, wildlife
NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge yesterday preliminarily approved a proposed class-action settlement that would resolve billions of dollars in claims against BP over the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier’s ruling allows the settlement process to proceed, but he will hold a “fairness hearing” on Nov. 8 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 26,2012
Tags: disaster, environment, explosion, gas, habitat, offshore drillimng, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, restaurants, seafood, tourism, tourists, visitors, wildlife
NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge in New Orleans said yesterday he is leaning in favor of granting preliminary approval to a proposed class-action settlement that would resolve billions of dollars in claims against BP over the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The development comes despite objections from a BP contractor on [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 25,2012
Tags: class action, courts, disaster, disastewr recovery, energy, environment, gas, habitat, judge, judicial, judiciary, offshore drilling, Oil, oil spill, petroleum, restaurants, seafood, settlement, spill, tourism, tourists, visitors, wildlife
NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge in New Orleans is set to preside over a hearing on a proposed class-action settlement that would resolve billions of dollars in claims against BP over the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. BP PLC and a team of plaintiffs’ attorneys are seeking U.S. District Judge Carl [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: April 24,2012
Tags: disaster, disaster recovery, environment, explosion, gas, habitat, hospitality, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, oysters, petroleum, reefs, restaurants, seafood, tourism, tourists, visitors
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — Two Mississippi projects aimed at restoring marine resources damaged in 2010 by the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) Oil Spill are moving forward as part of Phase I of the DWH Early Restoration Plan/Environmental Assessment (Phase I plan), according to Mississippi trustee Trudy D. Fisher, executive director of the Mississippi Department of Environmental [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 13,2012
Tags: energy, environment, habitat, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, seafood, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — The Coast Guard says an oil sheen off Louisiana’s coast is breaking up and is much smaller than when it was first spotted. The sheen initially was reported to be about 10 miles long and a mile wide when it was spotted Wednesday about 130 miles southeast of New Orleans. No [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 12,2012
Tags: energy, environment, gas, habitat, hospitality, offshore drilling, Oil, oil slick, oil spill, petroleum, restaurants, seafood, touerists, tourism, visitors, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — Royal Dutch Shell says it is confident a 10-mile oil sheen spotted in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast did not originate from its operations in the area. In a statement today, the company says it found no sign of leaks and ruled out any well-control issues associated with [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 12,2012
Tags: disaster, energy, environment, explosion, gas, habitat, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, seafood, tourism, tourists, visitors, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — The U.S. Coast Guard is checking reports of a 10-mile oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico near wells operated by Shell Oil. Petty Officer Steve Lehmann in New Orleans said a helicopter with a pollution officer on board was headed out today to determine where the oil was coming from. [...] [...]
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