Blessing of the Fleet in Mississippi Celebrates Start of Shrimp Season

2,725 views · Published 5 July 2011 · 2:21 · Indexed 10 October 2026

Channel: bp · 2011 · News & Politics

Watch on YouTube

Biloxi celebrated the start of the 2011 shrimp season with the 82nd annual "Blessing of the Fleet" ceremony led by Father Gregory Barras, pastor of St. Michael's Catholic Church in East Biloxi. The ceremony celebrated the fishing industry that established Biloxi and marked the official beginning of shrimp season. BP provided a $10,000 sponsorship for the four-day event which included a memorial, coronation of the Shrimp King and Queen, and a street party.

More from this channel

• 1:09 Cocodrie, Louisiana BP Cleanup Staging Area: Construction

  bp

  1,917 views · 6 October 2010

• 1:59 Gulf Snapshots: Buck Lee, Pensacola Beach, Florida

  bp

  1,875 views · 3 May 2011

• 1:57 Gulf Snapshots: Mike Reynolds, "Turtle Czar," Gulf Shores, Alabama

  bp

  2,922 views · 19 May 2011

• 1:09 Gulf Snapshots: Bobby Mahoney, Mississippi restaurateur

  bp

  4,960 views · 21 June 2011

• 2:51 Experts Meet to Discuss Oil Spill's Effect on Environment

  bp

  2,855 views · 27 July 2011

• 2:13 My Gulf: Bill Barrick - Bellingrath Home and Gardens

  bp

  2,667 views · 22 August 2011

• 1:16 Aloha Summer/Aloha Fall in Mexico Beach

  bp

  3,241 views · 22 September 2011

• 3:31 BayFest draws large crowds to Mobile

  bp

  1,466 views · 29 October 2011