The Executive Director has determined that the regulation of certain activities within

The Executive Director has determined that the regulation of certain activities within Coastal Wetlands and associated coastal watersheds is necessary for the conservation and protection of the biological integrity of the Coastal Wetlands as habitats that are integral to the health and productivity of commercially and recreationally important fish species, that any authorized impacts to Coastal Wetlands must require compensatory mitigation at a sufficient level to replace any functionality lost to those authorized impacts, and that suitable sites for water dependent industries must be reserved to the maximum extent practicable for the use of those industries. MISS. CODE ANN. §§49-15-304, 49-27-1 et seq., 57-15-6, 57-15-10.