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DMR holds 20% of state reefs as oyster season opens amid lease debate
Summary
Director Joe Spraggins, Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, updated the Mississippi Advisory Commission on Marine Resources on oyster-season openings, lease processing and public concerns, saying staff opened only Telegraph Reef in mid‑January because of river stage and water‑quality conditions and that further openings depend on pending sampling results.
Director Joe Spraggins, Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, updated the Mississippi Advisory Commission on Marine Resources on oyster-season openings, lease processing and public concerns, saying staff opened only Telegraph Reef in mid‑January because of river stage and water‑quality conditions and that further openings depend on pending sampling results.
The announcement matters to many commercial harvesters because the agency reported harvests of just over 4,000 sacks during the November–December season and is working toward a planning target the director described as roughly 18,000 sacks available statewide. Spraggins said the agency…
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