DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY MISSISSIPPI

Agency: Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council
NAICS: 813312 - Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations
Period start: 2026-04-01
Period end: 2030-09-30
Budget: 1099528.0
Place of performance: MISSISSIPPI, UNITED STATES

Description

STOCK ENHANCEMENTS OF SPOTTED SEATROUT IN MISSISSIPPI --- THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (MDEQ), WILL BE THERECIPIENT OF THE RESTORE ACT SPILL IMPACT COMPONENT FUNDS FOR THE STOCK ENHANCEMENTS OF SPOTTED SEATROUTIN MISSISSIPPI PROJECT. UNDER A SUBAWARD WITH MDEQ, THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES WILLIMPLEMENT THIS PROJECT. THIS PROJECT WILL SUPPORT THE RESTORATION AND PROTECTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES,ECOSYSTEMS, FISHERIES, MARINE AND WILDLIFE HABITATS, BEACHES, AND COASTAL WETLANDS IN THE GULF COAST REGIONTHROUGH THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE SPOTTED SEATROUT STOCK IN THE MISSISSIPPI SOUND. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT ISTO SUPPORT THE SPOTTED SEATROUT STOCK THROUGH AQUACULTURE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES. IT WILL FOCUS ON ENSURING THESUSTAINABILITY OF THE SPOTTED SEATROUT STOCK AS WELL AS THE RECREATIONAL, COMMERCIAL, AND CHARTER FISHINGINDUSTRIES IN MISSISSIPPI SOUND AND ADJACENT ESTUARIES.

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