OCEAN SPRINGS, MS – If you enjoy eating soft shell crabs, there's good news for future supplies of that seafood. USM's Gulf Coast Research Lab in Ocean Springs is working with several other agencies to promote blue crab aquaculture.
Representatives from Gulf Coast Research Lab, Alcorn State University, the DMR and USDA have formed a blue crab research consortium.
One main goal of the group is to create economic opportunity by finding small farmers to raise soft shell crabs.
At Gulf Coast Research Lab in Ocean Springs, representatives from the four educational and government groups signed a "memorandum of understanding" Monday morning to formally create the blue crab consortium.
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