There is a fledgling effort to create a marine sanctuary in the Mississippi Sound in order to preserve resources and allow the fisheries to be more productive.
Opening of 2021 shrimp season could be delayed, says CMR
Opening of 2021 shrimp season could be delayed, says CMR By Bill Snyder | May 18, 2021 at 1:50 PM CDT - Updated May 18 at 6:14 PM
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - It looks like coast shrimpers will have to be a little more patient before they can drop their nets in the Mississippi Sound this summer.
Rainy weather during the last two months has caused salinity levels and lower water temperatures in our local waters, meaning it could push the start of the 2021 shrimp season back a few weeks.
Normally, shrimp season begins during the first or second week of June.
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 largest oyster processing companies on the Gulf Coast. He served as president of Gollott’s Oil […]
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