BILOXI, MS (WLOX) - The Mississippi oyster season closes Thursday, ... The off-bottom oyster farming program, which started in June, is now in its training phase with about 14 students.

It’s a new way to harvest oysters, and it involves farming on the water. Skip to content. WLOX Careers. Deals and Contests. ... Biloxi, MS 39531 (228) 896-1313; FCC Public File (228) 896-1313 ...

The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) and the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) Thad Cochran Marine ...

A single oyster from Murder Point in Alabama, Shelley Farms in Louisiana or Biloxi Butter Oysters in Mississippi can cost up to $3. Not many people, however, eat raw oysters at home or want to buy ...

BILOXI -- Harrison County supervisors say they support efforts to increase oyster farming in Coast waters, but not near Henderson Point in West Harrison County.

The state doesn’t want to play favorites with oyster leases in the MS Sound, but will now consider experience, financial capability of applicants. Will it work?

As the oysters grow, they feed by filtering the Mississippi Sound water, removing pollutants along with the nutrients they need. An oyster can filter up to 50 gallons of water, so a farm full of ...

The availability of farm-raised oysters is growing on the Mississippi Coast through an aquaculture program funded with money from the BP spill. The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources ...

The Arguelles founded French Hermit Oyster Co. in the waters south of Biloxi, Miss., where the oysters they grow in suspended bags have pretty shells ... Mississippi began oyster farming last ...

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources will open for the harvest of oysters on January 15. MDMR’s Chief Scientific Officer Rick Burris said this year is the first ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) -- Mike Arguelles dips a measurement tool into the sound near Deer Island off Biloxi to gauge the salinity of the waters. "26 parts per thousand," he announced. "Customers are ...