Lab takes on red snapper production

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. - A 5,260-square-foot building under construction at the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory's Cedar Point site will play a vital role in red snapper stock enhancement. Red snapper is considered overfished by the National Marine Fisheries Service. Once the $1.3 million NOAA-funded red snapper laboratory is up and running it will produce 70,000 to 180,000 fish per year. GCRL is part of the University of Southern Mississippi. (Source: Mississippi Press, 04/05/10)