22 Miss. Code. R. 7-08-102
It shall be unlawful for recreational fishermen to possess any of the following named species of fish under the lengths prescribed:
102.01 Spotted Seatrout - fifteen (15) inches
(total length).
102.02 Red Drum -
eighteen (18) inches (total length).
102.03 Cobia - thirty-six (36) inches (fork
length).
102.04 Greater Amberjack -
thirty-four (34) inches (fork length).
102.05 Red Snapper - sixteen (16) inches
(total length).
102.06 Mutton
Snapper - eighteen (18) inches (total length).
102.07 Vermillion Snapper - ten (10) inches
(total length).
102.08 Lane Snapper
- eight (8) inches (total length).
102.09 Gray, Schoolmaster, Cubera, Dog,
Mahogany, and Yellowtail Snapper - twelve (12) inches (total length).
102.10 Red and Yellowfin Grouper - twenty
(20) inches (total length).
102.11
Gag and Black Grouper - twenty-four (24) inches (total length).
102.12 Scamp - sixteen (16) inches (total
length).
102.13 Gray Triggerfish -
fifteen (15) inches (fork length).
102.14 Spanish Mackerel
(Scomberomorus maculatus) - twelve (12) inches (fork
length).
102.15 King Mackerel
(Scomberomorus cavalla) - twenty-four (24) inches (fork
length).
102.16 flounders
(Paralicthys sp.) - twelve (12) inches (total
length).
102.17 small coastal
sharks - twenty-five (25) inches total length.
102.18 large coastal sharks - thirty-seven
(37) inches total length.
102.19
Lesser Amberjack and Banded Rudderfish - may possess fish between fourteen (14)
inches (fork length) to twenty-two (22) inches fork length.
102.20 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).
102.21 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).
102.22 Blue Marlin (Makaira
nigricans) - ninety-nine (99) inches as measured from the tip of the
lower jaw to the fork of the tail (lower jaw fork length).
102.23 White Marlin (Tetrapturus
albidus) - sixty-six (66) inches as measured from the tip of the lower
jaw to the fork of the tail (lower jaw fork length).
102.24 Sailfish (Istiophorus
platypterus) - sixty-three (63) inches as measured from the tip of the
lower jaw to the fork of the tail (lower jaw fork length).
102.25 Hogfish (Lachnolaimus maximus)
- fourteen (14) inches (fork length)
102.26 Tripletail (Lobotes
surinamensis) eighteen (18) inches total length
102.27 Sheepshead
(Archosargusprobatocephalus) fourteen (14) inches total
length
102.28 Swordfish
(Xiphias gladius) - forty-seven (47) inches as measured from
the tip of the lower jaw to the fork of the tail (lower jaw fork
length).
102.29 Atlantic Tarpon
(Megalops atlanticus) - seventy-five (75) inches fork
length.
Notes
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