Revised Precautionary Closure: Additional Areas of Mississippi Marine Waters Closed to Commercial and Recreational Fishing

BEACH ADVISORY AREA EXTENDED WEDNESDAY BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (DMR), and the Mississippi State Department of Health extended the existing beach advisory in Harrison County to the west from Market Street in Pass Christian on the west to Azalea Avenue in Biloxi on [...]

Oil has been spotted on the beach in east Pass Christian, fire chief Dwight Gordon said this morning. It is of a soft putty-like consistency, but is very tacky and will stick to hands and clothes, he said. Beaches are open but avoid contact with the oily substance, he said.

BEACH ADVISORY AREA EXTENDED TO GULFPORT Revised advisory from earlier Tuesday   BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (DMR), and the Mississippi State Department of Health extended the existing beach advisory in Harrison County to the west from the Gulfport Small Craft Harbor on the [...]

BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources strongly urges all crab fishermen with crab traps in the closed waters of the Mississippi Sound to temporarily remove their traps. This advisory is a result of concerns about interference with oil abatement activities being conducted in Mississippi waters.Any individuals retaining any marine species from the [...]

JUNE 28 UPDATE ON OIL MATERIAL IN MISSISSIPPIBILOXI, Miss. – Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) staff through aerial surveillance with the Mississippi National Guard, MDEQ response staff, and Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Teams (SCAT) have observed the following Monday (as of 4:00 p.m.) and sent to Unified Command for review and appropriate response: * Tar [...]

MDEQ AND DMR ISSUE BEACH ADVISORIES FOR TWO LOCATIONS BILOXI, Miss.–The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (DMR), and the Mississippi State Department of Health issued beach advisories for two locations in Jackson and Harrison Counties Monday.  These areas were observed to have significant amounts of tar balls, tar [...]

JUNE 27 UPDATE ON OIL MATERIAL IN MISSISSIPPI WATERS BILOXI, Miss. – Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) staff through aerial surveillance with the Mississippi National Guard and Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Teams (SCAT) have observed the following Sunday (as of 3:00 p.m.) and sent to Unified Command for review and appropriate response:

Revised Precautionary Closure: Additional Areas of Mississippi Marine Waters Closed to Commercial and Recreational FishingBILOXI, Miss. – The executive directors of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, in an abundance of caution, are closing an additional portion of Mississippi’s territorial marine waters, effective immediately to all commercial and [...]

MDEQ UPDATE ON OIL MATERIAL IN MISSISSIPPI WATERS BILOXI, Miss.–Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) staff through aerial surveillance with the Mississippi Air National Guard and the Civil Air Patrol as well as Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Teams (SCAT) have observed the following Saturday (as of 4:00 p.m.) and sent to Unified Command for review and [...]