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 15 - COMMERCIAL ENTRAPMENT NET CLOSURE AREAS AND GEAR SIZE RESTRICTIONS › Rule 22-3-15-15.1 - Commercial Entrapment Net Closure Areas and Gear Size Restrictions

Current through June 25, 2024
A. It is unlawful to catch, take, or carry
				away any saltwater fish by or with any purse seines, seines, haul seines, fish
				traps, or any other like contrivances, in the territorial waters of the State
				of Mississippi within twelve hundred feet (1200) of any public pier or any pier
				owned and operated by hotels or motels for the use of their patrons and guests
				for swimming and fishing or any harbor or within twelve hundred (1200) feet of
				the shoreline of Deer Island.
Miss. Code Ann. §§
										49-15-1,
				  49-15-3,
				  49-15-5,
				  49-15-15,
				  49-15-30,
				  49-15-63,
				  49-15-78,
				  49-1579, 49-15-83, 49-15-94, 49-15-95, 49-15-100, 49-15-100.1, 49-15-100.3,
				  49-15-303, 49-15-304, 49-15-305 and 49-15-307.
B. It is unlawful to catch, take or carry
				away any saltwater fish by or with any purse seines, seines, haul seines, fish
				traps, and other like contrivances in the following areas of the State of
				Mississippi:
1. Within any river, bayou,
				creek, canal, stream, tributary, lake, bay, or inlet, or other water source
				entering into areas defined as salt waters under the jurisdiction of the MCMR,
				except Pt. aux Chenes Bay, Middle Bay, Jose Bay, L'Isle Chaude, Heron Bay,
				Pascagoula Bay, south of a line beginning at a point on the shoreline at the
				southern terminus of range lines R7W and R6W near Camp Lamotte; thence
				southeasterly along the most direct line to the southernmost point of Twin
				Islands; thence easterly along the most direct line to the southern point of
				Rabbit Island; thence easterly along the most direct line to the beacon "Occ R
				4 sec 100 ft" on the eastern side of Litton Shipbuilding; thence southeasterly
				following the shoreline to the southeastern most point of Litton Shipbuilding;
				thence easterly along the most direct line to the southernmost point of land
				adjoining the entrance to Yazoo Lake) and South Rigolets and Biloxi Bay south
				of a line drawn between Marsh Point and Grand Bayou. These restrictions in
				subsection 101.01 shall not apply to mullet fishing in Pascagoula Bay south of
				the CSX Railroad bridge.
2. Within
				fifteen hundred (1500) feet from the shoreline between the U.S. Highway 90
				bridge and the north shore of Bayou Caddy in Hancock County.
3. Within an area that would block the mouth
				of any river, bayou, creek, canal, stream, tributary, lake, bay, inlet,
				channel, or other water source entering into areas defined as salt waters under
				the jurisdiction of the MDMR. Areas defined as salt waters under the
				jurisdiction of the MDMR are specified by Mississippi Commission on Wildlife,
				Fisheries and Parks Public Notice Number 2276 in accordance with §
										49-15-23
				of the Mississippi Code Ann. of 1972, as amended.
4. Within an area formed by a line running
				one (1) mile from the shoreline of Cat, Ship, Horn, Petit Bois, and Round
				Island, or from the shoals of Telegraph Keys and Telegraph Reef (Merrill
				Coquille)., during the period from May 15 to September 15 of each
				year.
5. Within three hundred (300)
				feet of any private piers which extend seventy-five (75) feet or more from the
				shoreline
6. All aforementioned
				piers must be in usable condition with boards spaced in such a way that persons
				can walk the entire distance of the pier.
7. It is unlawful for any person, firm, or
				corporation other than licensed menhaden vessels engaged in menhaden fishing,
				to use or have in possession purse seine(s) in excess of fifteen hundred (1500)
				feet in length. Said nets must be of a mesh size of one-half (½) inch
				square, one (1) inch stretch or larger.
8. It is unlawful to leave a purse seine,
				seine, haul seine, or any other net like contrivance governed by the
				restrictions set forth in this Part unattended in the waters of this state. It
				shall further be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to use or have
				in their possession a seine, haul seine, or like contrivance on the waters of
				this state without a visible buoy attached everyone hundred (100) feet clearly
				marked with the license number or owner's full name thereon.