Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 22 - MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES
Part 7 - REGULATIONS TO PROVIDE SIZE LIMITS AND BAG LIMITS ON CERTAIN FISH SPECIES AND TO PREVENT SALE OF SEAFOOD BY RECREATIONAL FISHERMEN
Chapter 02 - Justification and Authority
Section 22-7-02-102

he Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources has determined that there is a need to support the decision of the United States Congress which authorized the United States Secretary of Commerce, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NCAA) Assistant Administrator, for fisheries to adopt conservation measures for Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) as recommended by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), which was established by the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, a treaty to which the United States and eighteen other countries are parties.