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 09 - Commercial Size, Possession and Catch Limits
Section 22-7-09-101
Current through September 24, 2024
It shall be unlawful for commercial fishermen to possess any of the following species of sharks:
101.01 Sand Tiger (Odontaspis taurus)
101.02 Bigeye Sand Tiger (Odontaspis noronhai)
101.03 Whale (Rhincodon typus)
101.04 Basking (Cetorhinus maximus)
101.05 White (Carcharodon carcharias)
101.06 Dusky (Carcharhinus obscurus)
101.07 Bignose (Carcharhinus altimus)
101.08 Galapagos (Carcharhinus galapagensis)
101.09 Night (Carcharhinus signatus)
101.10 Caribbean Reef (Carcharhinus perezi)
101.11 Narrowtooth (Carcharhinus brachyurus)
101.12 Caribbean Sharpnose (Rhizorionodon porosus)
101.13 Smalltail (Carcharhinus porosus)
101.14 Atlantic Angel (Squatina dumerili)
101.15 Longfin Mako (Isurus paucus)
101.16 Bigeye Thresher (Alopias superciliousus)
101.17 Sevengill (Heptranchias perlo)
101.18 Sixgill (Hexanchus griseus)
101.19 Bigeye Sixgill (Hexanchus vitulus)
101.20 Sandbar (Carcharhinus plumbeus) sharks may only be possessed by fishermen possessing a research fishery permit issued by the National Marine Fisheries Service.
101.21 Silky (Carcharhinus falciformis)
