Officials are blaming a combination of two natural factors, a large area of low dissolved oxygen exacerbated by a “red tide,” for a fish kill this week that littered Mississippi’s beaches with dead fish. […]
The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources said a memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday (July 3) at Long Beach Harbor for a 15-year veteran of its marine patrol who died last week from complications of a heart condition. […]
Thousands of Mississippi alligator hunting hopefuls are watching their e-mail in-boxes, hoping to see a notice pop in from the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. […]
At the age of 23, Hunter Pridgen of Greenwood might seem young to be Mississippi’s regional director for Ducks Unlimited, a job he assumed on April 1. […]
Ron Garavelli, Mississippi’s chief of fisheries since 1985, has announced his retirement effective June 30, the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks confirmed today. […]
The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources announced May 31 that 23-year veteran Lt. Col. Rusty Pittman has been named interim chief of Marine Patrol, effective immediately. […]
Marine Patrol Chief Walter “Tiny” Chataginer will be retiring Friday (May 31) after more than 34 years of law enforcement service to the State of Mississippi. […]
Vernon Bevill, the executive director of Mississippi’s state wildlife agency during a turbulent period from 1987-1990, died Tuesday (April 30) in an automobile accident not far from his home in Kyle, Texas. He was 69. […]
Ed Penny has announced his departure as Director of Wildlife for the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks to take over the state agency’s Conservation program.
“I will become Director of Conservation Programs for MDWFP on May 1,” Penny wrote in an e-mail addressed to colleagues and friends. […]
A body recovered today just more than 4 miles south of Biloxi beach could be that of a kayaker missing since Feb. 27, the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources said today.
A fishing charter captain called MDMR’s Marine Patrol at 1:10 p.m. today to report a body floating in the Mississippi Sound, the agency reported. […]
More than 280 old crab pots were removed from coastal waters as part of the 2013 Derelict Crap Trap Cleanup held over the weekend, the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources announced.
The 281 traps collected by the 32 volunteers will be recycled, the MDMR reported. […]
Tired of dodging old crab traps when you venture onto coastal waters? Then you can help remove these obstacles during Mississippi’s Derelict Crab Trap Roundup scheduled for Feb. 21-23.
The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources and the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory is organizing the volunteer cleanup effort. […]
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