MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2000 Regular Session

To: Ports and Marine Resources

By: Senator(s) Moffatt, Hewes

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 49-15-78, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF TRAMMEL NETS WITHIN CERTAIN DISTANCE TO THE SHORELINE; 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) 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.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2000.