MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972
As Amended

SEC. 49-15-87. "Peeler crab" and "soft-shell crab" defined.

(a) "Peeler crab" means a blue crab having a new soft shell fully developed under the hard shell and having a definite white, pink or red line or rim on the outer edge of the back fin or flipper.

(b) "Soft-shell crab" means a peeler crab which has recently shed its hard shell.

SOURCES: Laws, 1988, ch. 548, Sec. 3, eff from and after July 1, 1988.


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