Article 5 - MISSISSIPPI COMMISSION ON MARINE RESOURCES
- Section 49-15-301 - Mississippi Advisory Commission on Marine Resources; powers and duties to be exercised through advisory commission to Department of Marine Resources; membership; chairman; rules and regulations; marine resources technical advisory council; definitions
- Section 49-15-303 - Powers and duties of advisory commission
- Section 49-15-304 - Promulgation of regulations regarding marine resources
- Section 49-15-305 - Executive director; nomination; powers and duties
- Section 49-15-307 - Powers and duties of department
- Section 49-15-309 - Establishment of saltwater recreational fishing record list
- Section 49-15-311 - Authority of department to purchase physical loss and liability coverage insurance
- Section 49-15-313 - Saltwater sports fishing license; separate annual license for charter boat fishing, party boat fishing, head boat and guide boat fishing; proof of random drug testing participation and of liability insurance required; exemptions from licensing requirements; disposition of fees; free fishing weekend; free fishing day
- Section 49-15-315 - Unlawful to engage in commercial harvesting of crabs, oysters, shrimp, bait shrimp or saltwater fish in certain marine waters; exceptions; Gulf Coast Research Laboratory to study estuaries and bays deemed to be nurseries; department to set limits on all catches for noncommercial use; penalties
- Section 49-15-317 - Certain charter or recreational fishing boats authorized to fillet certain fish at sea
- Section 49-15-319 - Filing float plan; effect of failure to file
- Section 49-15-321 - Commission authorized to establish sanctuaries and nursery grounds; unlawful to engage in prohibited activity in designated sanctuary or nursery area
- Section 49-15-323 - Department to have jurisdiction over certain violations of marine resources law or regulations committed in the Gulf of Mexico outside state's territorial waters
- Section 49-15-325 - Suspension or revocation of license