BILOXI — Mississippi’s plan to lease 80% of its public oyster reefs to private companies is on pause after a Harrison County judge temporarily blocked the program Monday. Chancery Court Judge Jim ...

The Mississippi Gulf Coast is about to have a new claim to fame. A giant cockroach fishing reef. We’re talking a world record-sized cockroach. Go ahead and laugh. Everybody else did when Greg Cenac ...

Billy Wise can't wait for his dive group's next Mississippi trip -- especially if a 180 foot supply boat is part of his underwater adventure. "I can picture the divers cruising on the top of this ...

In the early 1900s, Biloxi was known as the “Seafood Capital of the World.” As late as 2005, before Hurricane Katrina, up to 500 people were employed in the oyster harvesting industry alone. “We had ...

Ocean researchers had known for a few years that something rose from the depths of the Gulf of Mexico about 70 miles southeast of Gulfport. They just didn’t know what. An equipment malfunction ...

BILOXI, Mississippi - Work has been completed by the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources' Artificial Reef Bureau on the Pass Christian Key, which is an inshore reef comprised of deployed ...

The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources has announced the closing of Area II “C” conditionally approved waters to oyster harvesting, effective 11 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 24 due to the Pearl River ...

SOUTH MISSISSIPPI (WLOX) - Three restoration projects on the Mississippi Gulf Coast will be getting a big financial boost. Monday, Governor Phil Bryant announced the National Fish and Wildlife ...

Crevalle d’Oro, a 4-year-old filly purchased for $500,000 at the Keeneland Horses of Racing Age Sale six weeks ago, began paying dividends Saturday at Gulfstream Park when she rallied down the stretch ...