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Definitions and interpretations

Section
49-7-1.1

Declaration of public policy

"Social Security Administration" construed to include Railroad Retirement Board

Issuance of resident hunting or fishing licenses; possession of license

Exemption of records relating to hunting, fishing and trapping license applications and holders of such licenses from Mississippi Public Records Act

Fees for resident hunting, fishing, and combination hunting and fishing licenses; exemptions

and 49-7-7. Repealed

Use of revenue from increase in license fees

Hunting, fishing or trapping license for nonresident; fees; violations

Resident fishing licenses

Section
49-7-9.1

Commercial fishing licenses; who is required to purchase; labeling of commercial fishing equipment; slat basket license; fees

Section
49-7-10

Repealed

Section
49-7-11

Repealed

Section
49-7-12

Reciprocal agreements with other states; nonresident freshwater commercial fishing licenses; fees; penalties

Section
49-7-12.1

Nonresident wholesale dealers who buy certain fish and nonresidents who import certain fish are required to obtain commercial fishing licenses

Section
49-7-13

Definitions; fee for resident trapper's license; permission of landowners to trap; certain types of traps prohibited; identification of traps; placing or setting traps near public roads or streets; exemptions; selling of skins and meat of certain animals during and after trapping season

Section
49-7-15

Repealed

Section
49-7-16

Fur dealer or regular buyer of fur bearing animals; license; fees; possession of furs; tagging

Section
49-7-17

License agents; bonding requirements; additional license fee for officer or person issuing license; additional fee to recoup costs of issuing licenses

Section
49-7-19

Prohibition against issuing license to person physically or mentally unfit to carry or use firearm

Section
49-7-20

Requirement of satisfactory completion of hunter education course; resident apprentice hunting license; resident combination small game hunting and fishing license

Section
49-7-20.1

Child hunter safety; hunter education course; supervision by adult who holds valid Mississippi license for species being hunted

Section
49-7-21

License certificates; hunting, trapping or fishing without license prohibited; penalties

Section
49-7-22

Multiyear licenses; fees; additional license fee for person issuing license

Section
49-7-23

Sale of hunting and fishing licenses by constables designated as deputy conservation officers

Section
49-7-25

Records and reports

Section
49-7-26

Development of tagging and reporting program for deer and turkey to collect harvest data and monitor bag limit compliance; penalties for violation of turkey or deer tagging program

Section
49-7-27

Revocation and suspension of licenses and privileges; penalties for hunting, trapping or fishing without license or privilege

Section
49-7-29

Wholesale minnow dealers

Section
49-7-30

Season for nongame gross fish

Section
49-7-31

Open season on deer

Section
49-7-31.1

Open season on deer; requirements for wearing hunter orange during any firearm season; exceptions; penalties

Section
49-7-31.2

Open season for game birds

Section
49-7-31.3

Open season for game animals other than deer

Section
49-7-31.4

Open season on fur-bearing animals; hunting raccoons and bobcats with dogs; additional open season on raccoons

Section
49-7-31.5

Hunting, trapping and taking of nuisance animals; unlawful to trap certain animals outside of open season for fur-bearing animals; hunting nuisance animals with dogs, electronic calls, bait and lures authorized; exceptions; hunting wild hogs; penalties

Section
49-7-32

Restrictions on hunting with dogs during turkey season

Section
49-7-33

Use of scents, lures, sound devices or supplemental feed for hunting and trapping

Section
49-7-33.1

Taking deer with the use of supplemental feed

Section
49-7-34

Hunting enclosures; permits; regulations; penalties for violation

Section
49-7-35

Game season beginning on Sunday

Section
49-7-37

Hunting of game with falcons or hawks, bow and arrow or primitive firearms; special open seasons on deer and small game; license fees; penalties

Section
49-7-38

Certain persons authorized to hunt with bow and arrow or crossbow during any open season on deer, turkey or small game

Section
49-7-38.1

Special hunting permit for youth under age 18 who have life threatening illnesses

Section
49-7-39

Special hunt for youth and persons with disabilities in Natchez State Park; primitive weapon season in Natchez State Park; commission may establish such hunts in other state parks; commission may authorize special youth hunts for nonmigratory birds; special hunting season for youth to run concurrently with primitive weapon season on deer

Section
49-7-40

Special hunt by handicapped persons in natural area at Arkabutla Lake

Section
49-7-41

Bag limits

Section
49-7-42

Training bird dogs through use of release pens and tamed and identified quail

Section
49-7-43

Regulation of certain Mississippi lands purchased by federal government

Section
49-7-45

Certain acts declared unlawful; dismissal upon proper proof of actions for failure to register or possess boat's registration card

Section
49-7-47

Restrictions on hunting or catching alligators

Section
49-7-49

Prima facie evidence of hunting, trapping, or fishing

Section
49-7-51

Sale of game birds, animals or fish

Section
49-7-53

Shipment and other transportation of game birds, animals or fish

Section
49-7-54

Importation and translocation of white-tailed deer into state prohibited; exception for university research facilities; commission to establish regulations governing importation with emphasis on disease prevention; penalties

Section
49-7-55

Unlawful to possess, etc.

Section
49-7-56

Restaurants permitted to prepare and serve recreationally caught finfish to persons who caught the fish

Section
49-7-57

Possession of lawfully taken game animal, bird or fish; unlawful possession prohibited

Section
49-7-58

Temporary moratorium on importation of elk, red deer, mule deer, black-tailed deer and other cervids designated as susceptible to chronic wasting disease; penalties; authority of commission

Section
49-7-58.1

Regulation of enclosures preventing free egress of white-tailed deer

Section
49-7-58.2

Program of inspecting, monitoring, testing and preventing chronic wasting disease

Section
49-7-58.3

Regulation of hunting of nonnative cervids in noncommercial wildlife enclosures

Section
49-7-58.4

Regulation of commercial and noncommercial wild animal enclosures and facilities preventing free ingress and egress of native and nonnative cervids

Section
49-7-59

Hours for hunting

Section
49-7-61

Hunting on Sabbath

Section
49-7-63

Use of traps, nets, etc., prohibited

Section
49-7-65

Unlawful to hunt, when

Section
49-7-67

Unlawful to sell, when

Section
49-7-68

Unlawful to engage in computer-assisted remote hunting; penalties

Section
49-7-69

Use of explosives and chemicals prohibited

Section
49-7-71

Unlawful to disturb traps

Section
49-7-73

Unlawful to disturb nests or eggs

Section
49-7-75

Unlawful to fire woods, when

Section
49-7-77

Game protected during high water or fire

Section
49-7-78

Canned hunts prohibited

Section
49-7-79

Unlawful to hunt on lands of others, when

Section
49-7-80

Releasing aquatic species or animals not indigenous to Mississippi without permit

Section
49-7-81

Unlawful methods of taking fish; exceptions; penalties

Section
49-7-83

Unlawful not to return to water game fish taken by net

Section
49-7-85

Repealed

Section
49-7-87

Fish, sale of, unlawful, when

Section
49-7-89

Fish dealers not to possess

Section
49-7-90

Possession of paddlefish in violation of law or regulation; penalties; permits and fees

Section
49-7-91

Unlawful to fish commercially in Muddy Bayou

Section
49-7-93

Killing deer or spotted fawn out of season; penalties

Section
49-7-95

Killing deer by headlighting or other lighting devices; killing livestock; harassment of wildlife; penalties

Section
49-7-96

Deer management zones; antler restrictions

Section
49-7-97

Liability of public officer for failure to perform duty

Section
49-7-99

Repealed

Section
49-7-101

General fines and penalties

Section
49-7-102

Repealed

Section
49-7-103

Seizure and confiscation of property used in illegal hunting or fishing, etc., as contraband

Sections
49-7-105 through 49-7-131

Repealed

Section
49-7-133

Reciprocity agreement recognizing hunting and fishing licenses issued by participating states

Section
49-7-135

Compact concerning Pearl River authorized

Section
49-7-137

Lease of certain state lands for hunting, fishing and conservation purposes

Section
49-7-139

Seafoods excluded

Section
49-7-140

Importation, release and transportation of wild hogs; prohibition; permit; penalties

Section
49-7-141

Penalties; Class I violations

Section
49-7-143

Penalties; Class II violations

Section
49-7-145

Repealed

Section
49-7-147

Interference with lawful taking of wildlife

Section
49-7-148

Access for hunters with disabilities; use of mobility related device

Section
49-7-149

and 49-7-150. Repealed