Mississippi Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 49-15-22. Marine patrol officers of Department of Marine Resources permitted to keep side arm upon retirement

Each person employed as a marine patrol officer by the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources who retires for superannuation or for reason of disability under the Public Employees' Retirement System may, upon his request, be allowed to retain, as his personal property, one (1) side arm which was issued to him during his service, if funds are available for this purpose.

Structure Mississippi Code

Mississippi Code

Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology

Chapter 15 - Seafood

Article 1 - General Provisions

§ 49-15-1. Public policy of the state as to seafood laws

§ 49-15-1.1. Assent to Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act

§ 49-15-2. Standards for fishery conservation and management; fishery management plans

§ 49-15-3. Definitions

§ 49-15-5. All seafoods initially the property of the state

§ 49-15-7. Oyster, clam, cay shells and other shells declared to be property of state

§ 49-15-9. Rights of riparian owners on Gulf Coast defined

§ 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;...

§ 49-15-16. Limited entry fisheries management program

§ 49-15-18. Distribution of chapter

§ 49-15-19. Attorney General; designation of deputies or assistants; legal advisors to commission and department

§ 49-15-21. Enforcement officers; reserve unit

§ 49-15-22. Marine patrol officers of Department of Marine Resources permitted to keep side arm upon retirement

§ 49-15-25. Advisory council may be appointed by commission

§ 49-15-27. Commission granted authority to lease bottoms

§ 49-15-35. Authority to regulate taking and catching of menhaden

§ 49-15-37. Cultivation of oyster reefs; removal of oysters from restricted areas

§ 49-15-41. Oysters not to be caught at night

§ 49-15-43. Packaging of oysters; containers

§ 49-15-44. Sale or possession of illegal oysters prohibited; penalties

§ 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; tagg...

§ 49-15-49. Pass Christian Harbor oyster check station named the Colonel George J. Wright, Sr., building

§ 49-15-61. Marine museum

§ 49-15-64. Shrimping during closed season prohibited; penalties; promulgation of rules and regulations

§ 49-15-64.1. Shrimp season: waters closed to shrimping

§ 49-15-64.2. Shrimping permitted with cast net

§ 49-15-65. Jurisdiction of courts; appeals

§ 49-15-73. Use of aircraft to assist in harvesting of redfish; penalties

§ 49-15-74. Open season for menhaden

§ 49-15-83. Interpretation and application of Sections 49-15-71 through 49-15-81

§ 49-15-87. "Peeler crab" and "soft-shell crab" defined

§ 49-15-89. Unlawful to catch, destroy, confine, hold or have in possession certain crabs

§ 49-15-91. Regulatory authority for maximum number of crab pots allowable per licensee

§ 49-15-93. Penalties

§ 49-15-94. Use of purse seine to catch mullet during roe mullet season; penalties

§ 49-15-96. Keeping of certain fish caught in shrimp nets for personal consumption

§ 49-15-97. Requirement that commercial fishing vessels use approved lights; penalties

§ 49-15-100.1. Forfeiture of vessels, motors and equipment used in violation of Section 49-15-100

§ 49-15-100.3. Prima facie evidence of use of prohibited equipment