PASS CHRISTIAN, MISS. — In 2004, fishermen harvested nearly a half million sacks of oysters. Ten years later, that number was just over 78,000 sacks.

Now, the executive director of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources is looking for ways to restore the industry.

"We're going to be very ambitious. We're going to take all the best practices from the gulf and other parts of the country and try to incorporate those here in the way we manage and grow our oysters. And the plan is not just to get back to where we were a decade ago, but to even surpass where we were a decade ago.

"This year we're going to spend a lot of effort and time, focusing on the oyster resources in Mississippi," said MDMR director Jamie Miller.

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