MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2020 Regular Session
To: Ports and Marine Resources
By: Senator(s) Thompson, Moran, DeLano
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 49-15-78, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF CERTAIN NETS FOR THE TAKING OF FISH IN MARINE WATERS WITHIN ONE-HALF NAUTICAL MILE OF THE SHORELINE OF CAT ISLAND; TO PROVIDE THE DEFINITION FOR THE PHRASE "LIKE CONTRIVANCES"; TO EXEMPT CAST NETS, BRILL NETS AND HAND SEINES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 49-15-78, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
49-15-78. (1) (a)
It is unlawful for a person to use a gill net, trammel net, entanglement net,
or like contrivances for the taking of * * * finfish in marine waters within
one-half (1/2) nautical mile of the shoreline.
(b) It is unlawful for a person to use a gill net, trammel net, entanglement net or any other like contrivances for the taking of finfish in marine waters within one-half (1/2) nautical mile of the shoreline of Cat Island.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the phrase "like contrivances" means any net that is similar in form, function, purpose or use to a gill net, trammel net or entanglement net, including haul seines.
(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to hand seines, cast nets or brill nets.
(2) A violation of this
section is punishable by the penalties provided in Section 49-15-100 * * *.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.