• Mississippi Joint Operations Center Oil Spill Updates
• MDEQ July 27 Update on Oil Material in Mississippi
• DMR Offers Mississippi Shrimpers Free TED Gear
• Commission on Marine Resources Officers Selected
• Mississippi Territorial Waters Open to Live Bait Shrimping and Recreational Catch-and-Release Hook and Line Fishing
• DMR Reminds Boaters that Motorized Vehicles Are Prohibited by Law in Mississippi Coastal Preserves
• Crab Fishermen Must Remove Traps from Closed Waters of the Mississippi Sound by July 28
• Mississippi Sound Closed to all Commercial and Recreational Fishing; Bays and Rivers Remain Open
• DMR, DEQ Close Mississippi State Waters East of Gulfport Ship Channel to Shrimping
• DMR Provides Urgent Information for Sea Turtle Encounters for Fishermen and Boaters
• DMR Establishes Temporary No Wake Zone
• DMR Reduces Trawling Times for Shrimp Vessel Skimmer Trawls in Mississippi Waters and Offers Tips to Protect Sea Turtles
• DMR and DEQ Urge Mississippi Commercial Fishermen to Sign Up for Vessel of Opportunity Program
• DMR and DEQ Urge Mississippi Commercial Fishermen to Sign Up for Vessel of Opportunity Program (Vietnamese)
• MDEQ and DMR to Administer BP Deepwater Horizon Response $25 Million Block Grant Program

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Public Notices and Information

• Notice of Public Review: DRAFT CZMA SECTION 309 ASSESSMENT & STRATEGY
  Written comments should be directed to Mr. Mike Walker via email or post at 1141 Bayview Ave., Biloxi, MS 39530, no later than August 30, 2010.
   
• PUBLIC NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR COASTAL WETLANDS PERMIT AND WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION John R. Lankford
   
• PUBLIC NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR COASTAL WETLANDS PERMIT AND WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION Coast Transit Authority (CTA)
   
• PUBLIC NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR COASTAL WETLANDS PERMIT AND WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION Harrison County Sand Beach Sand Beach Authority
   
• PUBLIC NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR COASTAL WETLANDS PERMIT AND WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION City of Long Beach
   
• PUBLIC NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR COASTAL WETLANDS PERMIT AND WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION Jackson County Board of Supervisors
   
• Finalized RFP for Year 10 of the Gulf of Mexico Community-based Restoration Partnership (deadline September 1, 2010)
   
• Mississippi Derelict Crab Trap Program 2010 clean-up volunteers needed!
   

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