State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > Mississippi > Title-49 > 15 > 49-15-78§ 49-15-78. Prohibition against using gill net, trammel net, entanglement net, or like contrivance within a certain distance of the shoreline; punishment.
(1) It is unlawful for a person to use a gill net, trammel net, entanglement net, or like contrivances for the taking of fish in marine waters within one-half (1/2) mile of the shoreline.
(2) A violation of this section is punishable by the penalties provided in Section 49-15-100, Mississippi Code of 1972.
Sources: Laws, 1997, ch. 379, § 4; Laws, 2000, ch. 416, § 1, eff from and after July 1, 2000.
