Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 22 - MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES
Part 5 - RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT ESTABLISH RESTRICTIONS GOVERNING THE USE OF NETS, FISH TRAPS AND POTS WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL WATERS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI AND ESTABLISHING CERTAIN CATCH LIMITATIONS AND QUOTAS
Chapter 05 - Additional Gill and Trammel Net Restrictions
Section 22-5-05-100
Current through March 14, 2024
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. § 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.
