Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 22 - MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES › Part 7 - REGULATIONS TO PROVIDE SIZE LIMITS AND BAG LIMITS ON CERTAIN FISH SPECIES AND TO PREVENT SALE OF SEAFOOD BY RECREATIONAL FISHERMEN › Chapter 08 - Recreational Bag, Possession and Size Limits › Section 22-7-08-102

Current through June 25, 2024
It shall be unlawful for recreational fishermen to possess
				  any of the following named species of fish under the lengths prescribed:
102.01 Spotted Seatrout - fifteen (15) inches
				(total length).
102.02 Red Drum -
				eighteen (18) inches (total length).
102.03 Cobia - thirty-six (36) inches (fork
				length).
102.04 Greater Amberjack -
				thirty-four (34) inches (fork length).
102.05 Red Snapper - sixteen (16) inches
				(total length).
102.06 Mutton
				Snapper - eighteen (18) inches (total length).
102.07 Vermillion Snapper - ten (10) inches
				(total length).
102.08 Lane Snapper
				- eight (8) inches (total length).
102.09 Gray, Schoolmaster, Cubera, Dog,
				Mahogany, and Yellowtail Snapper - twelve (12) inches (total length).
102.10 Red and Yellowfin Grouper - twenty
				(20) inches (total length).
102.11
				Gag and Black Grouper - twenty-four (24) inches (total length).
102.12 Scamp - sixteen (16) inches (total
				length).
102.13 Gray Triggerfish -
				fifteen (15) inches (fork length).
102.14 Spanish Mackerel
(Scomberomorus maculatus) -
twelve (12) inches (fork
				length).
102.15 King Mackerel
(Scomberomorus cavalla) -
twenty-four (24) inches (fork
				length).
102.16 flounders
(Paralicthys sp.) -
twelve (12) inches (total
				length).
102.17 small coastal
				sharks - twenty-five (25) inches total length.
102.18 large coastal sharks - thirty-seven
				(37) inches total length.
102.19
				Lesser Amberjack and Banded Rudderfish - may possess fish between fourteen (14)
				inches (fork length) to twenty-two (22) inches fork length.
102.20 Bigeye Tuna
(Thunnus obesus) -
twenty-seven (27) inches as measured from the tip of the upper jaw to
				the fork of the tail along the contour of the middle of the body (curved fork
				length).
102.21 Yellowfin Tuna
(Thunnus albacares) -
twenty-seven (27) inches as measured
				from the tip of the upper jaw to the fork of the tail along the contour of the
				middle of the body (curved fork length).
102.22 Blue Marlin
(Makaira
				nigricans) -
ninety-nine (99) inches as measured from the tip of the
				lower jaw to the fork of the tail (lower jaw fork length).
102.23 White Marlin
(Tetrapturus
				albidus) -
sixty-six (66) inches as measured from the tip of the lower
				jaw to the fork of the tail (lower jaw fork length).
102.24 Sailfish
(Istiophorus
				platypterus) -
sixty-three (63) inches as measured from the tip of the
				lower jaw to the fork of the tail (lower jaw fork length).
102.25 Hogfish
(Lachnolaimus maximus)
				-
fourteen (14) inches (fork length)
102.26 Tripletail
(Lobotes
				surinamensis)
eighteen (18) inches total length
102.27 Sheepshead
(Archosargusprobatocephalus)
fourteen (14) inches total
				length
102.28 Swordfish
(Xiphias gladius) -
forty-seven (47) inches as measured from
				the tip of the lower jaw to the fork of the tail (lower jaw fork
				length).
102.29 Atlantic Tarpon
(Megalops atlanticus) -
seventy-five (75) inches fork
				length.