Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oysters are back in the Mississippi Sound and Coast fishermen want the right to keep harvesting them on the state reefs.

GULF COAST, Miss. (WLOX) - Institute for Marine Mammal Studies Director Dr. Moby Solangi says he’s seen the impacts of the 2019 Bonnet Carré Spillway opening on dolphins in the Mississippi Sound. 153 ...

GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - Scientists have answered a long-standing question about dolphin behavior in the Mississippi Sound. Why do the marine mammals stay put even when disasters strike? A study from ...

The U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee passed bipartisan legislation this week that includes Mississippi in a critical environmental program aimed at protecting the Mississippi ...

PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss. (USM) — 2024 marked the return of oyster season on the Mississippi Gulf Coast for the first time in six years. For fishermen like Patrick Parkinson, this season marks a return to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U..S. Army Corps of Engineers has decided against opening the Bonnet Carré Spillway — welcome news for South Mississippi as ...

In 2019, the Bonnet Carré Spillway was opened for 123 days, releasing over 10 trillion gallons of freshwater into the Mississippi Sound. This freshwater diversion caused an environmental disaster, ...

GULFPORT, Miss (WVUE) - The Mississippi Sound Coalition is calling on Congress to pass The Northern Gulf Estuary Protection Act of 2025. The act is aimed at protecting seafood industries in ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKRG) — The Mississippi Sound is one step closer to being protected after proposed legislation advanced through committee. According to a release, the Transportation and ...

If the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opens the Bonnet Carré Spillway later this week to relieve the threat of Mississippi River flooding in and around New Orleans, at least one aspect of a century-old ...

Mississippi is a diverse place in many ways. Geographically it includes the flat agriculture lands of the Mississippi Delta, the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in the northeast and the coast ...

Oysters are back in the Mississippi Sound and Coast fishermen want the right to keep harvesting them on the state reefs. Mississippi Commercial Fisheries United and 22 fishermen are suing the ...