The commission may negotiate with the Louisiana Conservation Commission and the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission to effectuate a reciprocity agreement with one or both of these commissions providing that the hunting and fishing licenses and the rules and regulations governing hunting and fishing shall be acceptable and recognized by the game and fish commissions or the conservation commission of each of the states participating in the reciprocity agreement, when hunters or fishermen hold a current license issued by the state game and fish commissions or the conservation commission of the state in which he is domiciled, when fishing in the Mississippi River or in bodies of water between the Mississippi River and the levee nearest the river, in places where there is a levee; and in the Mississippi River or in lakes formed by the Mississippi River, or in old Mississippi River runs in places where there is no levee; and when hunting waterfowl and other migratory species in the Mississippi River, or between the Mississippi River and the levee nearest the Mississippi River, or in the Mississippi River or in lakes formed by the Mississippi River, or in old Mississippi River runs in places where there is no levee.
For all counties lying wholly or partially within the Mississippi levee district, and bordering upon the Mississippi River, and having a population of more than five thousand (5,000) according to the 1950 census, the commission is authorized to effectuate a reciprocity agreement, with the Game and Fish Commissions of Arkansas and Louisiana, and/or with the Game and Fish Commissions of the Counties of Desha and Chicot in the State of Arkansas, which shall permit hunting waterfowl and other migratory species, deer, squirrels, turkeys, quail and rabbits in the Mississippi River, or between the Mississippi River and the levee nearest the Mississippi River, or in the Mississippi River or in lakes formed by the Mississippi River, or in old Mississippi River runs and in places where there is no levee.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology
Chapter 7 - Hunting and Fishing
§ 49-7-1. Definitions and interpretations
§ 49-7-1.1. Declaration of public policy
§ 49-7-2. "Social Security Administration" construed to include Railroad Retirement Board
§ 49-7-7. Use of revenue from increase in license fees
§ 49-7-25. Records and reports
§ 49-7-30. Season for nongame gross fish
§ 49-7-31.2. Open season for game birds
§ 49-7-31.3. Open season for game animals other than deer
§ 49-7-32. Restrictions on hunting with dogs during turkey season
§ 49-7-35. Game season beginning on Sunday
§ 49-7-40. Special hunt by handicapped persons in natural area at Arkabutla Lake
§ 49-7-42. Training bird dogs through use of release pens and tamed and identified quail
§ 49-7-43. Regulation of certain Mississippi lands purchased by federal government
§ 49-7-49. Prima facie evidence of hunting, trapping, or fishing
§ 49-7-53. Shipment and other transportation of game birds, animals or fish
§ 49-7-55. Unlawful to possess, etc.
§ 49-7-57. Possession of lawfully taken game animal, bird or fish; unlawful possession prohibited
§ 49-7-63. Use of traps, nets, etc., prohibited
§ 49-7-65. Unlawful to hunt, when
§ 49-7-67. Unlawful to sell, when
§ 49-7-69. Use of explosives and chemicals prohibited
§ 49-7-71. Unlawful to disturb traps
§ 49-7-73. Unlawful to disturb nests or eggs
§ 49-7-75. Unlawful to fire woods, when
§ 49-7-77. Game protected during high water or fire
§ 49-7-78. Canned hunts prohibited
§ 49-7-79. Unlawful to hunt on lands of others, when
§ 49-7-80. Releasing aquatic species or animals not indigenous to Mississippi without permit
§ 49-7-83. Unlawful not to return to water game fish taken by net
§ 49-7-89. Fish dealers not to possess
§ 49-7-93. Killing deer or spotted fawn out of season; penalties
§ 49-7-97. Liability of public officer for failure to perform duty