As Amended
SEC. 49-15-95. Use of brill and cast nets.
(1) It is lawful to use brill and cast nets of twelve (12) feet or less in length for the noncommercial catching of shrimp south of Interstate 10 in the rivers, bayous, bays, streams, lakes, inlets and other waters tributary to the Bay St. Louis, the Bay of Biloxi/Back Bay, the Red and Black Creeks and any other water areas emptying into or connecting with the Gulf of Mexico.
(2) Brill and cast nets shall not be classified in any public notice of the commission as any other type of fishing net, equipment or device. The commission shall not prohibit the use of brill and cast nets in the waters designated in subsection (1) of this section whether or not such waters shall be determined as fresh or salt waters. No person shall catch more than fifty (50) pounds of shrimp per day using brill and cast nets as provided by this section.
SOURCES: Laws, 1992, ch. 550, Sec. 3; 1994, ch. 578, Sec. 25,
eff from and after July 1, 1994