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Mississippi Oyster fishermen happy to be working the waters
It’s been a tough season for Mississippi oyster fishermen. However, they had reason to smile on Wednesday when two reef areas re-opened. Red tide, heavy rains and high river levels all took a toll on oyster season for fishermen; working the waters less than 20 days. But by late Wednesday morning at Pass Harbor, oyster fishermen were taking advantage of the latest re-opening. “Everybody’s happy, we’re going back to work,” said Rum Phan. Phan says he loves the freedom that commercial fishing provides, even when times are tough. “Hopefully the weather doesn’t change, that’s all we can hope for. Oysters looking very good right now. They taste good, I know it. I can smell it in the air, trust me,” Phan said. Fishermen at Kimball’s Seafood brought in their limits of oyster sacks on opening day. Video, Read the rest here 07:50
Mississippi Oyster fishermen working once again as reefs re-open
Fresh, Mississippi oysters are available once again now that oyster season re-opened at sunrise Thursday. After being closed since early December, oyster fishermen say they are happy to be working the reefs again. Boats loaded with sacks of fresh oysters arrived at the seafood docks in Pass Christian late Thursday morning. “Definitely happy to be back fishing again,” said fisherman, John Livings. Livings’ boat was among the first to unload its 25 sack limit. Soon, others were waiting in line at the docks. “They didn’t grow as much as we thought they was going to grow. At least we got to go to work and make our limit. So it’s good,” Livings explained. Read the rest here 10:25
