Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 22 - MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES
Part 23 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE COASTAL WETLANDS PROTECTION LAW AND THE MISSISSIPPI COASTAL PROGRAM
Chapter 02 - Justification and Authority
Section 22-23-02-101

The Commission has determined that Coastal Wetlands, because they are integral to the health and productivity of commercially and recreationally important fish species, must be protected and maintained to the maximum extent practicable and that any authorized impacts to Coastal Wetlands must require compensatory mitigation at a sufficient level to replace any functionality lost to those authorized impacts.