Oyster Council Will Focus On Environment, Economy & Aquaculture In South Mississippi

BILOXI — The Governor's Oyster Council has until June 2 to show Gov. Phil Bryant ways to deal with a crisis in the Mississippi oyster industry.

Then comes the hard part — finding money to implement the plan.

"That's when the fun starts," Corky Perret, who retired from the state Department of Marine Resources after retiring from a similar agency in Louisiana, said only half-jokingly after the council's first meeting, at the Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum in Biloxi.

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