Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 22 - MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES
Part 17 - REGULATION OF MOLLUSCAN SHELLFISH LANDING, UNLOADING, TRANSPORTING, PROCESSING, BUYING, SELLING, OPENING, AND OTHER MOLLUSCAN SHELLFISH RELATED ACTIVITIES IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
Chapter 07 - Legally Harvested and Properly Tagged
Section 22-17-07-100

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to possess, land, handle, unload, open, sell or offer for sale or transport any molluscan shellfish taken from the waters under the territorial jurisdiction of the State of Mississippi except those molluscan shellfish taken legally and properly tagged from an area declared open to molluscan shellfish harvesting by public order of the Commission or as hereby authorized by the DMR, its Executive Director, Director of Marine Fisheries, Seafood Technology Bureau Director or other DMR designee in accordance with the procedures outlined in the most current version of Title 22 Part I (Oyster Harvesting) and as provided for in Miss. Code Ann. § 49-15-42.