The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources will be accepting applications from seafood processors and processing vessels to recoup money spent in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The application process will run from July 1 to August 16 on the DMR…
The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources and the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce will manage a $1,606,446 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to support the seafood industry through the Seafood Processors Pandemic Response and Safety Block…
The start of the Lenten season means those observing the season are abstaining from meat every Friday until Easter. If you’re looking for something tasty to replace it with, seafood is…
The photographic work of John E. Adams opens Aug. 5 with a reception from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum in Biloxi. The show, "An American Brushstroke - The Trawlers of The South" features…
Richard Gollott, a longtime commissioner with the Commission on Marine Resources and seafood industry leader, died Sunday after a long battle with cancer. He was 77. Gollott opened Cap’n Gollott Seafood in 1969, which grew to be one of the…
The 28th annual Crawfish Music Festival is two days away. Local seafood business Bradley's Cajun Quick Stop is looking forward to tourists and their taste for Mississippi seafood. At Bradley's Cajun Quick Stop in Long Beach, it's been a rough…
The expensive price of crawfish today will soon change the closer we get to spring 2021. On the Coast, residents are starting to look for crawfish earlier than usual. Starting back in December, fisherman Jerry Forte was…
The coronavirus pandemic has hurt the U.S. seafood industry due to a precipitous fall in imports and exports and a drop in catch of some species.
One of the Coast’s most notable eateries celebrated the reopening of some popular offerings Saturday. The Shed Barbecue and Blues Joint marked the opening of the saloon and seasonal opening of the 'Crawfish Shack Out Back' for customers. Patrons have…
According to the Department of Marine Resources, fresh water from the Bonnet Carre Spillway damaged Mississippi’s seafood industry. After being open for a record 123 days, Mississippi lawmakers have started the process of possible legal action. Year after year, the…
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If you walk around the Pass Christian Harbor, you will notice a lot of for sale signs on shrimp boats. This comes after local fishermen were devastated by the recent spillway opening. Although the spillway is now closed, the problems…
South Mississippi is facing another challenge plaguing the Mississippi Sound. Not only the far-reaching algae bloom spurned by the Bonnet Carre Spillway, but the perception by some that the seafood harvested from Mississippi coastal waters isn’t safe for consumption, a…
South Mississippi is facing not only the challenge of the far-reaching algae bloom spurred by the long-opened Bonnet Carre Spillway, but also the perception that locally harvested seafood isn't safe to eat. Mississippi governor Phil Bryant wants to clear up…
Tuesday, corps officials said now, it may be July 28th before the decision is made to start closing bays of the Bonnet Carre Spillway.
People and pets are being warned to stay out of the water along the entire Mississippi Gulf Coast as toxic bacteria continue spreading eastward
News 25's Laurene Callander tells us more about the Biloxi Seafood Festival this weekend.
News 25's Bryan Kennedy interviews Rachel Seymour about the Biloxi Seafood Festival happening this Saturday and Sunday starting at 10 am at the Point Cadet Plaza. For more infomation: http://biloxi.org/biloxi-seafood-festival/
The red tide may be affecting the fish in the Gulf Coast waters but the warmer temperatures are doing wonders for crawfish season.