It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, to barter, sell, offer for sale or transport for sale or possess for sale in or from the State of Mississippi the following named species offish under the lengths prescribed:
100.01 Red Drum - eighteen (18) inches (total length).100.02 Spotted Seatrout - fourteen (14) inches (total length).100.03 flounders (Paralicthys sp.) - twelve (12) inches (total length).100.04 Tripletail (Lobotes surinamensis) eighteen (18) inches total length.100.05 mullet (Mugil sp.) - ten (10) inches (total length).100.06 Spanish Mackerel (Scomberomorus maculatus) - twelve (12) inches (fork length).100.07 King Mackerel (Scomberomorus cavalla) - twenty-four (24) inches (fork length).100.08 Red Snapper - thirteen (13) inches (total length).100.09 Vermillion Snapper - ten (10) inches (total length).100.10 Lane Snapper - eight (8) inches (total length).100.11 Mutton Snapper - eighteen (18) inches (total length)100.12 Gray, Mahogany, Schoolmaster, Dog, Cubera, and Yellowtail Snapper - twelve (12) inches (total length).100.13 Blackfin, Queen, Silk and Wenchman snapper - no minimum length.100.14 Tilefish - no minimum length.100.15 Red Grouper - eighteen (18) inches (total length).100.16 Yellowfin Grouper - twenty (20) inches (total length).100.17 Black Grouper - twenty-four (24) inches (total length).100.18 Gag Grouper - twenty-four (24) inches (total length).100.19 Scamp - sixteen (16) inches (total length).100.20 Yellowmouth, Rock Hind, Red Hind Grouper - no minimum length.100.21 Misty, Snowy Yellowedge, Warsaw, Speckled Hind Grouper - no minimum length.100.22 Gray Triggerfish - fourteen (14) inches (fork length).100.23 Hogfish (lachnolaimus maximus) - fourteen (14) inches (fork length).100.24 Greater Amberjack - thirty-six (36) inches (fork length).100.25 Lesser Amberjack and Banded Rudderfish - may possess fish between fourteen (14) inches (fork length) to twenty-two (22) inches fork length.100.26 Bigeye Tuna (Thunnus obesus) - twenty-seven (27) inches as measured from the tip of the upper jaw to the fork of the tail along the contour of the middle of the body (curved fork length).100.27 Yellowfin Tuna (Thunnus albacares) - twenty-seven (27) inches as measured from the tip of the upper jaw to the fork of the tail along the contour of the middle of the body (curved fork length).100.28 Small Coastal Sharks - twenty-five (25) inches total length100.29 Large Coastal Sharks - thirty-seven (37) inches total length22 Miss. Code. R. 7-09-100