22 Miss. Code. R. 7-09-100

Current through December 10, 2024
Section 22-7-09-100

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 length
100.29 Large Coastal Sharks - thirty-seven (37) inches total length

22 Miss. Code. R. 7-09-100

Amended 10/1/2015
Amended 8/22/2016
Amended 1/16/2017
Amended 6/16/2017
Amended 4/20/2018
Amended 5/18/2018
Amended7/21/2018
Amended 10/22/2018
Amended 11/17/2018
Amended 5/17/2019
Amended 11/15/2019
Amended 12/21/2019
Amended 2/21/2020
Amended 6/19/2020