MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2023 Regular Session
To: Ports and Marine Resources
By: Senator(s) Moran, Carter, Thompson, England, DeLano, Jackson
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 49-15-86, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE LICENSES FOR THE COMMERCIAL TAKING OF SALTWATER CRABS TO APPLY TO THE VESSELS USED RATHER THAN EACH CREW MEMBER; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 49-15-86, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
49-15-86. (1) Each * * * vessel used in catching or
taking any saltwater crabs in the waters of the State of Mississippi for
commercial purposes shall obtain a license from the * * * department and shall pay an
annual resident license fee of Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00) or an annual
nonresident license fee of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) * * *.
(2) The * * * department may require a
recreational crabber's license for an administrative fee not to exceed Five
Dollars ($5.00).
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023.