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 12 - Purchase and Sales Records / Molluscan Shellfish Tag Retention
Section 22-17-12-100

Persons, firms or corporations handling, shucking, buying, selling, or shipping molluscan shellfish shall keep accurate records showing the names, addresses, and certification numbers of all persons from whom lots of molluscan shellfish are received, the source of each lot (growing area) and the names and addresses of persons to whom lots are sold or shipped and the dates of the aforementioned transactions. Shellfish tags are required to be attached to containers until containers are empty and thereafter kept on record for at least ninety (90) days. Persons, firms or corporations handling, shucking, buying, selling or shipping shellstock shall record the tag number of each container of shellstock and to whom or from whom the shellstock were shipped, sold, bought or received. Such records shall be open to inspection at any time during operating hours, by any duly authorized representative of the DMR, including Officers of the Marine Patrol.