Applications for the 2019 Bonnet Carré Spillway fisheries recovery program will be reopened.

On October 24, 2024By Yukito

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) – Officials announced Wednesday that the 2019 Mississippi Bonnet Carré Spillway Fishing Disaster Recovery Program, which opens applications for financial assistance to commercial fisheries, seafood dealers and boat charter participants, will reopen.

New applicants may visit the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources website at //dmr.ms.gov/2019bcrelief/ after 8 a.m. on October 28.

Individuals who received funds in the previous opening of the direct financial assistance program are not eligible to receive funds from the current program.

Applicants must be:

Mississippi resident
18 years or older
held a valid commercial fishing license or dealer license for the 2019 calendar year residing in the State of Mississippi with documented MDMR landings, verified by MDMR against trip tickets during the consecutive five historical years 2014-2018.

To qualify as a dealer, applicants must:

had an active dealer license in 2019
purchased seafood from an active Mississippi commercial fisherman between 2014 and 2018
records of purchases must be in the MDMR ticket database

For Mississippi charter boat captains:

must be over 18 years of age
held a valid Mississippi resident boat charter license for the 2019 calendar year and at least one other year from 2014 through 2018.

If you are filing as a business or corporation, you must be domiciled in Mississippi and registered with the Mississippi Secretary of State’s office.

Applications will be accepted for 30 days and will close on Tuesday, November 26 at 11:59 p.m. Applications submitted after the deadline will not be considered and there will be no appeals if the deadline is missed. The division of funds has been designed in such a way that only applications submitted on time will be considered.

The following information is required for the application process:

contact details
valid email address
all applicable fishing license numbers for 2019
date ir
your employer’s social security number or tax number

A W-9 form will also be required to make the payment and will be retained by MDMR.

For assistance in submitting your application, please contact MDMR at 228-374-5000.

If you have questions about your application or payment status, or if you have not received an email with your completed individual application information, please contact Traci Floyd at 228-523-4068 or [email protected].

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