Vessels licensed under Section 49-15-64.5 may keep in whole, for personal consumption only the following types of fish which are caught in the shrimp nets or trawls of the vessel: white trout; croaker, black drum, and ground mullet (Family Sciaenidae); sheepshead (Family Sparidae); gafftopsail catfish (Family Ariidae); and flounder (Family Bothidae and Family Pleuronectidae). The cumulative total of fish shall not exceed twenty-five (25) pounds. In addition, a vessel may keep three (3) dozen blue crabs (portunidae family). This exemption for personal consumption does not apply to fish or crabs that are otherwise illegal to possess or catch.
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