Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 22 - MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES › Part 3 - REGULATIONS TO PROVIDE SIZE LIMITS AND BAG LIMITS ON CERTAIN FISH SPECIES, PREVENT SALE OF SEAFOOD BY RECREATIONAL FISHERMEN, AND PROVIDE REGULATIONS FOR THE USE OF NETS, TRAPS, AND POTS FOR THE TAKING OF FINFISH › Chapter 07 - RECREATIONAL BAG, POSSESSION AND SIZE › Rule 22-3-07-7.1 - Recreational Bag, Possession and Size Limits

Current through June 25, 2024
A. It is
				unlawful for a recreational fisherman to possess any fish in excess of a one
				(1) day bag limit of the following named species as prescribed:
1. Fifteen (15) Spotted Seatrout
				(
Cynoscion nebulosus
)
2. Three (3) Red Drum (
Sciaenops
				ocellatus
)
3. Two (2)
				Cobia (
Rachycentron canadum
)
4. Three (3) King Mackerel
				(
Scomberomorus cavalla
)
5. One (1) Greater Amberjack (
Seriola
				dumerili
)
6. Two (2) Red
				Snapper (
Lutjanus campechanus
)
7. Fifteen (15) Spanish mackerel
				(
Scomberomorus maculatus
)
8. Ten (10) flounder (
Paralichthys
				sp.
)
9. Five (5) Hogfish
				(Lachnolaimus maximus)
10. Three
				(3) Tripletail (
Lobotes surinamensis
)
11. Fifteen (15) Sheepshead (Archosargus
				probatocephalus)
12. Ten (10) in
				aggregate:
i. Gray Snapper (
Lutjanus
				griseus
)
ii. Mutton
				Snapper (
Lutjanus analis
) - may possess (5) within the (10)
				fish aggregate
iii. Yellowtail
				Snapper (
Ocyurus chrysurus
)
iv. Schoolmaster (Lutjanus apodus)
v. Cubera (Lutjanus cyanopterus)
vi. Dog (Lutjanus jocu)
vii. Mahogany (Lutjanus mahogany)
viii. Queen (Etelis oculatus)
ix. Blackfin (Lutjanus buccanella)
x. Silk (Lutjanus vivamus)
xi. Wenchman (Pristipomoides
				aquilonaris)
13. Four (4)
				in the grouper aggregate:
i. Misty Grouper
				(
Epinephelus mystacinus
)
ii. Snowy Grouper (
Epinephelus
				niveatus
)
iii. Yellowedge
				Grouper (
Epinephelus flavolimbatus
)
iv. Red Grouper (
Epinephelus
				morio
)
v. Yellowfin
				Grouper (
Mycteroperca venenosa
)
vi. Black Grouper (
Mycteroperca
				bonaci
)
vii. Gag Grouper
				(
Mycteroperca microlepis
) - may possess two (2) within the
				four (4) fish grouper aggregate
viii. Scamp (
Mycteroperca
				phenax
)
ix. Yellowmouth
				(Mycteroperca interstitialis)
x.
				Rock Hind (Epinephalus adscensionis)
xi. Red Hind (Epinephalus guttatus)
14. One (1) per vessel within the
				four (4) fish grouper aggregate:
i. Speckled
				Hind (
Epinephelus drummondhayi
)
ii. Warsaw Grouper (
Epinephelus
				nigritus
)
15.
				Twenty (20) in reef fish aggregate:
i. Gray
				Triggerfish (
Balistes capriscus
) - may possess one (1) within
				the twenty (20) reef fish aggregate
ii. Vermillion Snapper (
Rhomboplites
				aurorubens
) - may possess ten (10) within the twenty (20) reef fish
				aggregate
iii. Lane Snapper
				(
Lutjanus synagris
)
iv. Almaco Jack (
Seriola
				rivoliana
)
v. Goldface
				Tilefish (Caulolatilus chrysops)
vi. Anchor Tilefish (Caulolatilus
				intermedius)
vii. Tilefish
				(Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps)
viii. Blacklined Tilefish (Caulolatilus
				cyanops)
ix. Bluelined Tilefish
				(Caulolatilus microps)
16. Five (5) in aggregate:
i. Lesser Amberjack (
Seriola
				fasciata
)
ii. Banded
				Rudderfish (
Seriola zonata
)
17. Three (3) - Yellowfin Tuna
				(
Thunnus albacares
)
18. It is unlawful for recreational fishermen
				to possess more than four (4) of the following shark species in aggregate per
				person per day (small coastal sharks):
i.
				Atlantic Sharpnose (
Rhizoprionodon terraenovae
)
ii. Finetooth (
Carcharhinus
				isodon
)
iii. Blacknose
				(
Carcharhinus acronotus
)
iv. Bonnethead (
Sphyrna
				tiburo
)
19. It
				is unlawful for recreational fishermen to possess more than one (1) of the
				following shark species per person per day and no more than three (3) of the
				following shark species in aggregate per vessel per day (large coastal and
				pelagic sharks):
i. Blacktip
				(
Carcharhinus limbatus
)
ii. Spinner (
Carcharhinus
				brevipinna
)
iii. Bull
				(
Carcharhinus leucas
)
iv. Tiger (
Galeocerdo
				cuvieri
)
v. Lemon
				(
Negaprion brevirostris
)
vi. Nurse (
Ginglymostoma
				cirratum
)
vii. Scalloped
				Hammerhead (
Sphyrna lewini
)
viii. Great Hammerhead (
Sphyrna
				mokarran
)
ix. Smooth
				Hammerhead (
Sphyrna zygaena
)
x. Shortfin Mako (
Isurus
				oxyrinchus
)
xi. Porbeagle
				(
Lamna nasus
)
xii.
				Thresher (
Alopias vulpinus
)
xiii. Blue (
Prionace
				glauca
)
xiv. Oceanic
				Whitetip (
Carcharhinus longimanus
)
20. It is unlawful for recreational fishermen
				to possess any of the following species of sharks (protected Species of
				Sharks):
i. Sand Tiger (
Odontaspis
				taurus
)
ii. Bigeye Sand
				Tiger (
Odontaspis noronhai
)
iii. Whale (
Rhincodon
				typus
)
iv. Basking
				(
Cetorhinus maximus
)
v. White (
Carcharodon
				carcharias
)
vi. Dusky
				(
Carcharhinus obscurus
)
vii. Bignose (
Carcharhinus
				altimus
)
viii. Galapagos
				(
Carcharhinus galapagensis
)
ix. Night (
Carcharhinus
				signatus
)
x. Caribbean
				Reef (
Carcharhinus perezi
)
xi. Narrowtooth (
Carcharhinus
				brachyurus
)
xii. Caribbean
				Sharpnose (
Rhizorionodon porosus
)
xiii. Smalltail (
Carcharhinus
				porosus
)
xiv. Atlantic
				Angel (
Squatina dumerili
)
xv. Longfin Mako (
Isurus
				paucus
)
xvi. Bigeye
				Thresher (
Alopias superciliousus
)
xvii. Sevengill (
Heptranchias
				perlo
)
xviii. Sixgill
				(
Hexanchus griseus
)
xix. Bigeye Sixgill (
Hexanchus
				vitulus
)
xx. Sandbar
				(
Carcharhinus plumbeus
)
xxi. Silky (
Carcharhinus
				falciformis
)
21.
				It is unlawful for recreational fishermen to possess more than one (1) Atlantic
				Tarpon (
Megalops atlanticus
) per vessel per day.
Miss. CODE ANN. §§
											49-15-1,
				  49-15-3,
				  49-15-5,
				  49-15-15,
				  49-15-30,
				  49-15-35,
				  49-15-35,
				  49-15-63,
				  49-15-71,
				  49-15-75,
				  49-15-303,
				  49-15-304,
				  49-15-305,
				  49-15-307
				  and
				  50 CFR
				  622.38.