Will $2.9 million in grants actually help Mississippi fishermen?
In 2019, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce declared Mississippi a catastrophic regional fisheries disaster after the Bonnet Carre Spillway was open 123 days. In 2023, it was declared that it was a federal fisheries disaster, making Mississippi fisheries eligible for assistance. That money is finally making its way to fishermen and other fishing businesses in the state. “At this point,…