Washed Away: MSU Scientist Analyzes Costs of Flood Management on the Miss. Sound
May 24, 2024
May 24, 2024
STARKVILLE, Mississippi, May 24 (TNSres) -- Mississippi State University issued the following news:
A century ago, the Mississippi Gulf Coast was heralded as the "Seafood Capital of the World" by the U.S. Congress. However, beginning with Hurricane Katrina in 2005, natural and human-made disasters have wreaked havoc on the once thriving seafood industry. A new study by a Mississippi State scientist is quantifying the economic impacts of these disasters on coastal fisheries . . .
A century ago, the Mississippi Gulf Coast was heralded as the "Seafood Capital of the World" by the U.S. Congress. However, beginning with Hurricane Katrina in 2005, natural and human-made disasters have wreaked havoc on the once thriving seafood industry. A new study by a Mississippi State scientist is quantifying the economic impacts of these disasters on coastal fisheries . . .