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Section
49-15-1
Public policy of the state as to seafood laws
Section
49-15-1.1
Assent to Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act
Section
49-15-2
Standards for fishery conservation and management; fishery management plans
Section
49-15-3
Definitions
Section
49-15-5
All seafoods initially the property of the state
Section
49-15-7
Oyster, clam, cay shells and other shells declared to be property of state
Section
49-15-9
Rights of riparian owners on Gulf Coast defined
Section
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
Section
49-15-12
Transfer of duties to comply with Sections 5-11-1 through 5-11-5; personnel actions; merit promotion system
Section
49-15-13
Repealed
Section
49-15-15
Powers and duties of commission
Section
49-15-16
Limited entry fisheries management program
Section
49-15-17
Seafood Fund; special accounts; sources of funds
Section
49-15-18
Distribution of chapter
Section
49-15-19
Attorney General; designation of deputies or assistants; legal advisors to commission and department
Section
49-15-21
Enforcement officers; reserve unit
Section
49-15-22
Marine patrol officers of Department of Marine Resources permitted to keep side arm upon retirement
Section
49-15-23
Establishment of dividing line between salt and fresh waters; notice
Section
49-15-25
Advisory council may be appointed by commission
Section
49-15-27
Commission granted authority to lease bottoms
Section
49-15-28
Combination seafood dealer and processor license; fees
Section
49-15-29
Taxes and license fees to be collected by the commission
Section
49-15-30
Commission may promulgate regulations for nonresident permits, reciprocity; penalties
Section
49-15-31
Commission to maintain and operate patrol stations, camps and related facilities; reciprocity
Section
49-15-33
Repealed
Section
49-15-34
Boats used in other states; license and fee requirements; transport permits
Section
49-15-35
Authority to regulate taking and catching of menhaden
Section
49-15-36
Oyster reefs and bottoms; rotating opening; closing of oyster reefs; special permits for taking oysters during closed season; depuration
Section
49-15-37
Cultivation of oyster reefs; removal of oysters from restricted areas
Section
49-15-38
Culling requirements; collection and planting of shells; penalties and fees for failure to deliver shells
Section
49-15-39
Dredging limits; reefs reserved for tonging; penalties
Section
49-15-40
Projects to create or establish new oyster beds; molluscan depuration facilities; lease of water bottoms to political subdivisions
Section
49-15-41
Oysters not to be caught at night
Section
49-15-42
Tagging, unloading and transporting of oysters
Section
49-15-43
Packaging of oysters; containers
Section
49-15-44
Sale or possession of illegal oysters prohibited; penalties
Section
49-15-45
Certain municipalities may enforce oyster laws
Section
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
Section
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
Section
49-15-49
Pass Christian Harbor oyster check station named the Colonel George J. Wright, Sr., building
Sections
49-15-51 through 49-15-59
Repealed
Section
49-15-61
Marine museum
Section
49-15-63
Penalties
Section
49-15-64
Shrimping during closed season prohibited; penalties; promulgation of rules and regulations
Section
49-15-64.1
Shrimp season: waters closed to shrimping
Section
49-15-64.2
Shrimping permitted with cast net
Section
49-15-64.3
Shrimping during closed season prohibited; penalties; promulgation of rules and regulations
Section
49-15-64.4
Live bait catcher boat and live bait dealer privilege taxes
Section
49-15-64.5
Boats used for catching or transporting saltwater shrimp; licensing and fees
Section
49-15-65
Jurisdiction of courts; appeals
Section
49-15-67
Appellate procedure
Section
49-15-69
Exemption of certain minors, senior citizens or disabled persons from licensing requirements
Section
49-15-71
Commercial taking of redfish prohibited; unlawful to take below minimum size; penalties; redfish management plan
Section
49-15-73
Use of aircraft to assist in harvesting of redfish; penalties
Section
49-15-74
Open season for menhaden
Section
49-15-75
Catch limit based on weight limitations as to certain fish
Section
49-15-76
Prohibition of sale of game fish; exceptions; punishment
Section
49-15-77
Prohibition against catching saltwater fish by use of certain nets, seines or traps in certain areas of the state; punishment
Section
49-15-78
Prohibition against using gill net, trammel net, entanglement net, or like contrivance within a certain distance of the shoreline; punishment
Section
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
Section
49-15-80
Vessels used to catch or transport fish; licensing and fees; nonresident reciprocity
Section
49-15-81
Catching or transporting saltwater minnows for sale; license requirements; fees; tagging of minnow traps to mark ownership; exemptions
Section
49-15-83
Interpretation and application of Sections 49-15-71 through 49-15-81
Section
49-15-84
Requirements for the taking of crabs; crab traps
Section
49-15-84.1
Closed season for use of crab traps; removal of abandoned traps
Section
49-15-85
Repealed
Section
49-15-86
Commercial and recreational crabbing licenses
Section
49-15-87
"Peeler crab" and "soft-shell crab" defined
Section
49-15-89
Unlawful to catch, destroy, confine, hold or have in possession certain crabs
Section
49-15-91
Regulatory authority for maximum number of crab pots allowable per licensee
Section
49-15-92
Penalties for theft of crab traps or crabs
Section
49-15-93
Penalties
Section
49-15-94
Use of purse seine to catch mullet during roe mullet season; penalties
Section
49-15-95
Use of brill and cast nets
Section
49-15-96
Keeping of certain fish caught in shrimp nets for personal consumption
Section
49-15-97
Requirement that commercial fishing vessels use approved lights; penalties
Section
49-15-98
Repealed
Section
49-15-99
Repealed
Section
49-15-100
Usage of gill or trammel nets in certain marine waters; penalties
Section
49-15-100.1
Forfeiture of vessels, motors and equipment used in violation of Section 49-15-100
Section
49-15-100.3
Prima facie evidence of use of prohibited equipment