22 Miss. Code. R. 5-05-100
Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 04 above, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to set, use or possess a gill or trammel net in the marine waters of the State of Mississippi contrary to the following restrictions:
100.01 From
6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. no gill and trammel nets shall be set or otherwise used
for the taking of aquatic life within one-half (1/2) nautical mile of any
manmade structure attached to the shoreline from Bayou Caddy in Hancock County
to Marsh Point in Ocean Springs, Jackson County.
100.02 From 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. no gill
and trammel nets shall be set or otherwise used for the taking of aquatic life
within one-quarter (1/4) nautical mile of any manmade structure attached to the
shoreline from Bayou Caddy in Hancock County to Marsh Point in Ocean Springs,
Jackson County.
100.03 It shall be
unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to possess fish in, or in contact
with, any gill or trammel net in a boat in the marine waters of Mississippi in
the St. Louis Bay north of the CSX Railroad Bridge; in Biloxi Bay north of a
line drawn between Marsh Point and Grand Bayou; in Pascagoula Bay north of the
CSX Railroad bridge.
100.04 It
shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to set or otherwise use a
gill or trammel net in the marine waters of Mississippi or to possess fish in,
or in contact with, a gill or trammel net in a boat in the marine waters of
Mississippi between 6:00 a.m. on Saturday mornings and 6:00 p.m. on Sunday
evenings.
100.05 It shall be
unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to set or otherwise use a gill or
trammel net in the marine waters of Mississippi or to possess fish in, or in
contact with, a gill or trammel net in a boat in the marine waters of
Mississippi between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on legal holidays established by
the Mississippi Legislature and as set forth in Miss. Code Ann. ยง
3-3-7, as
amended.
100.06 No gill or trammel
net shall be set within one-quarter (1/4) nautical mile of another gill or
trammel net.
100.07 Gill and
trammel nets must be attended at all times from a distance of no greater than
the length of the boat in use.
100.08 On and after January 1,1997, all gill
and trammel nets must be constructed of an approved degradable material. An
approved degradable materials list will be on file with the Executive Director
of the MDMR or his designee. Any material that has not been approved by the
MCMR by the October 15,1996 MCMR meeting must meet the requirements of the
approved degradable materials definition.
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