Build by Thomas “Sonny” Moore in 1947 for Roland Creel Sr., the Alvera C was a 31 ton, Biloxi Lugger, 53.2 feet long. It was captained...

This Biloxi lugger was built by and for DeJean Packing Company in the 1930s. It was part of a 35-vessel fleet maintained by DeJean...

Built in Mobile, Alabama, in 1971, Peck Williams was the largest steel hull fishing vessel in operation in Biloxi. The vessel was...

In the early 1920s, Peter Skrmetta, Sr. realized a long-held dream, he commissioned his own schooner-lugger. He’d worked as a captain on...

The schooner, H.E. GUMBEL, is legendary. It is possibly the iconic Biloxi Schooner, especially with regard to the Biloxi Regattas of the...

The Biloxi Canning Company, originally known as Lopez, Elmer, and Company, was a historic seafood processing facility with a rich history...

The Biloxi Seafood Packing Company Inc. was a seafood processing company located in the Point Cadet neighborhood. It was owned and...

John E. “Johnny Boy” Kimball Jr. was the son of John E. Kimball Sr. and Willie May Hugely Kimball, and the heir of the Kimball’s Seafood...

The Anticich Canning and Packing Company was founded and managed by Mary Skrmetti Anticich in Biloxi, Mississippi. Originally known as...

Biloxi native, Sherman V. Canaan, was a commercial fisherman and business owner. Sherman came from a long line of fisherman and seafood...

The Gollott and Canaan Seafood Company, later known as Gollott Brothers Seafood Inc. and then simply as Gollott’s, was a commercial...

J&W Seafood was a joint venture between John “Johnny” Fayard Jr. and his wife Wendy Fayard which opened in 1979. The seafood heritage of...

Wentzell Brothers Seafood was a commercial seafood processing company established in Biloxi. The founders were brothers J.E. “Eddie” and...

The Anticich Canning and Packing Company was founded and managed by Mary Skrmetti Anticich in Biloxi, Mississippi. Originally known as...

One name stands out among numerous Gulf Coast seafood industry legends: William F. Gorenflo Sr. He is considered by many to be one of...

Raymond Fournier was a businessman and founder of R. Fournier & Sons in Biloxi, Mississippi. Together with his wife Clementine Fountain...

John Henry Seymour, Sr. and Lydia Beaugez Seymour were the founders of J&L Seafood in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Their business was well...

The Biloxi Canning Company, originally known as Lopez, Elmer, and Company, was a historic seafood processing facility with a rich history...

Shemper Seafood of Biloxi, Mississippi was founded by Israel “Buddy” Shemper Jr. In 1954, Shemper traded property in Pascagoula,...

Kuluz Brothers Packing Company was a seafood processing company in Biloxi, Mississippi. Kuluz Brothers, like many of the other canneries...