It shall be unlawful for any person to use or employ any aircraft in the airspace of this state to assist in the harvesting of redfish as defined in Section 49-15-71. Aircraft employed in any manner contrary to the provisions of this section shall not be registered, hangered, maintained, provisioned or serviced within this state, excepting in an emergency in which the lives of the pilot or crew of such aircraft are at risk. A person convicted of a violation of this section shall be punished as provided in Section 49-15-63, Mississippi Code of 1972. In addition to the penalty prescribed by such section, any aircraft and any equipment utilized in the taking of redfish contrary to the provisions of this section shall be subject to confiscation under this section.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 49-15-1. Public policy of the state as to seafood laws
§ 49-15-2. Standards for fishery conservation and management; fishery management plans
§ 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
§ 49-15-16. Limited entry fisheries management program
§ 49-15-18. Distribution of chapter
§ 49-15-21. Enforcement officers; reserve unit
§ 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
§ 49-15-64.1. 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
§ 49-15-94. 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