Mississippi oyster season to reopen January 15

The Department of Marine Resources say oyster season will re-open on January 15 in approved areas for a maximum 11-day period.

Those areas are:

• Area I “B”           This area includes St Joe reefs
• Area II “A”          This area includes the Pass Christian Tonging Box
• Area II “B,”        This area includes Waveland and St. Stanislaus reefs
• Area II “E”         This area includes Henderson Point reefs
• Area II “F”          This area includes the southern portion of the Pass Christian Tonging Box
• Area II “G”        This area includes Pass Marianne reefs
• Area II “H”        This area includes Telegraph reefs
• Area II “I”           This area includes Pelican reefs

The 2024-2025 Mississippi oyster season will be limited to a maximum of 11 harvest days. These areas will open to harvest provided they meet all criteria set forth by DMR.

Daily harvest limits will be 10 sacks per commercial tonging vessel and 15 sacks per commercial oyster dredging vessel.

All recreational harvest is limited to three sacks per licensed resident per seven-day period. All harvesting on the Pass Christian state-owned reef is closed, except in the Pass Christian tonging box.

DMR will have check stations at 104 South Market Street in the Pass Christian Harbor and 5200 Shipyard Road in Bayou Caddy. All fishermen must check-in prior to harvest at a designated check station or drop box.

For more information, call the MDMR Oyster Hotline at 228-374-5167 or 1-800-385-5902.