The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources announced that shrimp season will close in all waters north of the Intracoastal Waterway starting Jan. 1. All other Mississippi territorial waters legal to shrimping will remain open. The season opened in the same…
Mississippi waters recently reopened for shrimp season. Over at Quality Poultry and Seafood in Biloxi, they have more than 75 years of experience in selling fresh seafood in…
Going on nearly a hundred years, the Blessing of the Fleet in Biloxi rings in another safe season for fishers and boaters. It's a ceremony steeped…
Mississippi’s shrimp season is now open. Despite the weather, the dock at the Biloxi Small Craft Harbor was looking rather empty this morning. That’s because shrimpers eager to be back out on…
BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources has set the opening date of the 2022-2023 shrimp season in state territorial waters for 6 a.m. Wednesday, May 25, 2022. All regulations of the MDMR will be in full force and…
A celebration steeped in tradition and history returns to the Pass Christian Harbor this Saturday. The annual Blessing of the Fleet returns and organizers hope…
This year’s Shrimp King was announced during the annual Biloxi Blessing of the Fleet photo session and poster unveiling ceremony. The 93-year tradition marks the beginning of…
Shrimp season is finally here. After a couple weeks of delay, the DMR announced last week that shrimp season would open today. Last year, shrimp processors were shut down due to…
BILOXI, Miss. – Officials with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources announced today that beginning Saturday, May 1, 2021, all waters south of the Intracoastal Waterway and west of the Gulfport Ship Channel in Mississippi territorial waters are closed to…
Before shrimp season can officially start the Blessing of the Fleet must take place. The annual event was rescheduled for Sunday after Tropical Storm Cristobal caused the ceremony to be canceled last Sunday. Nearly 100 boats came out this year…
And some seasoned South Mississippi fishermen were out trawling the waters of the Mississippi Sound today on the first day of shrimp season. The season opened this morning at 6 a.m. News 25 managed to catch up with a few…
BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV) — The 2020-2021 shrimp season has officially opened in Mississippi state territorial waters, according to the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources. The MDMR says that all boats engaged in catching or transporting shrimp from Mississippi waters must…
With shrimping season set to kick off Thursday, many shrimpers are concerned about up to date licenses and permits to begin the season. In a webinar this morning, the Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources approved to extend the expiration date…
BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources has set the opening date of the 2020-2021 shrimp season in state territorial waters for 6 a.m. Thursday, May 28. All regulations of the MDMR will be in full force and effect,…
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - Shrimp season in Mississippi and Alabama has come to a close, at least in some areas. In a news release, the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources said all waters west of the Gulfport Ship Channel and south of the Intracoastal…
The Mississippi shrimp season is now underway and local shrimpers in the area experienced a low haul on the first day. Local shrimper Van Pham says he caught around 40 pounds of shrimp on his first time out this season…
The 2019 Mississippi shrimp season opens tomorrow and for the first time officials say they are seeing a decrease in the number of shrimp. Biloxi was once known as the seafood capital of the world. Now, local fisherman are struggling…
The Mississippi Commission of Marine Resources has set the opening date for the 2019-2020 shrimp season in territorial waters for Thursday, June 20th at 6am.
It won't be long before you see shrimp boats on our coast's horizon, trawling waters for shrimp, an age old trade our Mississippi coast was founded and built upon. But there are concerns about what this season's harvest will bring…
Yesterday morning at 6 a.m., the 2018-2019 shrimp season officially opened. This means all regulations of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources will be in full force and effect and all boats engaged in catching or transporting shrimp from Mississippi…
Today's beautiful weather will continue for a while with only slight changes, but the rain won't stay way for long....
At 6 a.m. this morning, the shrimp season kicked off in state territorial waters for commercial and residential fisherman. News 25’s Caroline Eaker spoke to some local shrimpers who have made shrimping into a family business. Hundreds of shrimp boats…
Great weather moved in today after yesterday's stormy afternoon, and the consistently nicer weather has moved in for the long term....
More than 250 boats filled the Mississippi Sound early Wednesday for the start of the 2018 shrimp season. Officials with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources did an aerial survey and found 254 boats lowering their nets to haul in…