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Mississippi
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Title 49 - Conservation and...
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Chapter 15 - Seafood
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Article 1 - General Provisions.
Article 1 - General Provisions.
§ 49-15-1. Public policy of the state as to seafood laws
§ 49-15-1.1. Assent to Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act
§ 49-15-2. Standards for fishery conservation and management; fishery management plans
§ 49-15-3. Definitions
§ 49-15-5. All seafoods initially the property of the state
§ 49-15-7. Oyster, clam, cay shells and other shells declared to be property of state
§ 49-15-9. Rights of riparian owners on Gulf Coast defined
§ 49-15-11. Mississippi Department of Marine Resources; transfer of certain powers and duties from Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks; Executive Director of the Department of Marine Resources; definition of terms; composition of department; personnel to be appointed by executive director
§ 49-15-12. Transfer of duties to comply with Sections 5-11-1 through 5-11-5; personnel actions; merit promotion system
§ 49-15-15. Powers and duties of commission
§ 49-15-16. Limited entry fisheries management program
§ 49-15-17. Seafood Fund; special accounts; sources of funds
§ 49-15-18. Distribution of chapter
§ 49-15-19. Attorney General; designation of deputies or assistants; legal advisors to commission and department
§ 49-15-21. Enforcement officers; reserve unit
§ 49-15-22. Marine patrol officers of Department of Marine Resources permitted to keep side arm upon retirement
§ 49-15-23. Establishment of dividing line between salt and fresh waters; notice
§ 49-15-25. Advisory council may be appointed by commission
§ 49-15-27. Commission granted authority to lease bottoms
§ 49-15-28. Combination seafood dealer and processor license; fees
§ 49-15-29. Taxes and license fees to be collected by the commission
§ 49-15-30. Commission may promulgate regulations for nonresident permits, reciprocity; penalties
§ 49-15-31. Commission to maintain and operate patrol stations, camps and related facilities; reciprocity
§ 49-15-34. Boats used in other states; license and fee requirements; transport permits
§ 49-15-35. Authority to regulate taking and catching of menhaden
§ 49-15-36. Oyster reefs and bottoms; rotating opening; closing of oyster reefs; special permits for taking oysters during closed season; depuration
§ 49-15-37. Cultivation of oyster reefs; removal of oysters from restricted areas
§ 49-15-38. Culling requirements; collection and planting of shells; penalties and fees for failure to deliver shells
§ 49-15-39. Dredging limits; reefs reserved for tonging; penalties
§ 49-15-40. Projects to create or establish new oyster beds; molluscan depuration facilities; lease of water bottoms to political subdivisions
§ 49-15-41. Oysters not to be caught at night
§ 49-15-42. Tagging, unloading and transporting of oysters
§ 49-15-43. Packaging of oysters; containers
§ 49-15-44. Sale or possession of illegal oysters prohibited; penalties
§ 49-15-45. Certain municipalities may enforce oyster laws
§ 49-15-46. Licensing and fees for vessels engaged in catching, taking, carrying or transporting oysters; license requirement for captain of commercial oyster vessel; designation of alternate captain for each license; transfer of vessel license; tagging of oysters harvested; recreational oyster permits; shell retention fees; authority to keep certain number of blue crabs for personal consumption
§ 49-15-47. Prohibition against discharging human waste in Mississippi’s marine waters from vessels harvesting or transporting oysters; approved marine sanitation devices required; penalties
§ 49-15-49. Pass Christian Harbor oyster check station named the Colonel George J. Wright, Sr., building
§ 49-15-61. Marine museum
§ 49-15-63. Penalties
§ 49-15-64. Shrimping during closed season prohibited; penalties; promulgation of rules and regulations
§ 49-15-64.1. Shrimp season: waters closed to shrimping
§ 49-15-64.2. Shrimping permitted with cast net
§ 49-15-64.3. Shrimping during closed season prohibited; penalties; promulgation of rules and regulations
§ 49-15-64.4. Live bait catcher boat and live bait dealer privilege taxes
§ 49-15-64.5. Boats used for catching or transporting saltwater shrimp; licensing and fees
§ 49-15-65. Jurisdiction of courts; appeals
§ 49-15-67. Appellate procedure
§ 49-15-69. Exemption of certain minors, senior citizens or disabled persons from licensing requirements
§ 49-15-71. Commercial taking of redfish prohibited; unlawful to take below minimum size; penalties; redfish management plan
§ 49-15-73. Use of aircraft to assist in harvesting of redfish; penalties
§ 49-15-74. Open season for menhaden
§ 49-15-75. Catch limit based on weight limitations as to certain fish
§ 49-15-76. Prohibition of sale of game fish; exceptions; punishment
§ 49-15-77. Prohibition against catching saltwater fish by use of certain nets, seines or traps in certain areas of the state; punishment
§ 49-15-78. Prohibition against using gill net, trammel net, entanglement net, or like contrivance within a certain distance of the shoreline; punishment
§ 49-15-79. Prohibition of use of purse seine offshore from Hancock or Harrison Counties; promulgation of regulations governing use of gill nets and trammel nets in Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson Counties; punishment
§ 49-15-80. Vessels used to catch or transport fish; licensing and fees; nonresident reciprocity
§ 49-15-81. Catching or transporting saltwater minnows for sale; license requirements; fees; tagging of minnow traps to mark ownership; exemptions
§ 49-15-83. Interpretation and application of Sections 49-15-71 through 49-15-81
§ 49-15-84. Requirements for the taking of crabs; crab traps
§ 49-15-84.1. Closed season for use of crab traps; removal of abandoned traps
§ 49-15-86. Commercial and recreational crabbing licenses
§ 49-15-87. “Peeler crab” and “soft-shell crab” defined
§ 49-15-89. Unlawful to catch, destroy, confine, hold or have in possession certain crabs
§ 49-15-91. Regulatory authority for maximum number of crab pots allowable per licensee
§ 49-15-92. Penalties for theft of crab traps or crabs
§ 49-15-93. Penalties
§ 49-15-94. Use of purse seine to catch mullet during roe mullet season; penalties
§ 49-15-95. Use of brill and cast nets
§ 49-15-96. Keeping of certain fish caught in shrimp nets for personal consumption
§ 49-15-97. Requirement that commercial fishing vessels use approved lights; penalties
§ 49-15-100. Usage of gill or trammel nets in certain marine waters; penalties
§ 49-15-100.1. Forfeiture of vessels, motors and equipment used in violation of Section 49-15-100
§ 49-15-100.3. Prima facie evidence of use of prohibited equipment