A press release out today from the Mississippi Association of Realtors: Real Estate Professionals Receive Allocation from BP Fund Jackson, MS – The claims administrator of the British Petroleum Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) has announced a special allocation from the fund for licensed real estate professionals in the Gulf Coast region, including Mississippi. Along [...]

The new Gulf Coast Claims Facility, the independent claims facility set up to handle individual and business claims stemming from the BP spill, is now accepting applications. See www.gulfcoastclaimsfacility.com for details and to apply online. You can also apply in person at a claims facility. The nearest claims facility to Pass Christian is in Bay [...]

MDMR and MDEQ Reopen All Mississippi Territorial Waters to Commercial and Recreational Blue Crab Fishing BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), in coordination with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), have ordered the reopening [...]

We got this today from the Coast Chamber of Commerce: KEN FEINBERG VISIT TO MISSISSIPPI OPENING DAY OF THE GULF COAST CLAIMS FACILITY MONDAY AUGUST 23RD TOWN HALLS IN HANCOCK, HARRISON & JACKSON COUNTIES Kenneth Feinberg, Administrator of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, will hold three town halls in Mississippi on Monday, August 23rd in [...]

Mississippi Marine Territorial Waters North of the Barrier Islands Reopen to All Commercial and Recreational Blue Crab Fishing BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), in coordination with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), have [...]

* From the GG: Darlene Kimball at the Pass Harbor has some fresh white shrimp from Louisiana available now! Call her at 228-209-4446 or stop by the Harbor.   We also received this press release today from the Mississippi State University Extension Service: Shrimpers seeing low yields but excellent quality By Karen Templeton MSU Ag Communications [...]

MSU hosts safe seafood assurance workshop on Aug. 26 BILOXI -The Mississippi State University Extension Service will host a workshop through the Sea Grants Program on Aug. 26 to help seafood dealers and processors instill consumer confidence in seafood harvested from Gulf waters. The workshop will be from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the [...]

The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), in coordination with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), have ordered the reopening of all Mississippi territorial waters, including those south of the barrier islands, to all commercial and recreational finfish [...]

A new federal science report detailing the fate of the oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill was released today. The majority of oil from the BP oil spill has either evaporated or been burned, skimmed, recovered from the wellhead or dispersed – much of which is in the process of being degraded, the report said.

BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, in coordination with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, have ordered the reopening of Mississippi territorial waters north of the barrier islands to all commercial and recreational finfish and shrimp fishing activities [...]