MS Oysters Are Back. Sampling Shows Biggest Supply in Years for Upcoming Season
The 2025-26 oyster season in the Mississippi Sound could be the best in more than a decade, state surveys show.
The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, which maintains state-owned oyster reefs, expects to open the 2025-26 oyster season on Oct. 13 -- an early start. Catch limits are geared to conserve the resource but will allow fishermen to harvest up to 82,000 sacks of oysters this season.
It would be the biggest harvest in well over a decade, DMR records show, assuring residents of plentiful...
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