Definitions

Definitions A. BAG LIMIT - The total number of a particular species that a recreational fisherman can retain for a single day's catch. B. CAST NET - Any cast net or brille net or any circular or conical weighted net designed to be thrown downward by hand and withdrawn by an attached line. C. CHARTER VESSEL - A vessel carrying a passenger for hire who is engaged in recreational fishing. D. COMMERCIAL EEL FISHING - A fishing activity using traps or pots where the sole purpose is to catch American eels (Anguilla rostrata). It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to retain any fish or shellfish other than adult eels while engaged in commercial eel fishing. An adult eel shall be defined as an eel at least six (6) inches in length. E. COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN - Anyone who sells, trades, barters or otherwise exchanges or offers to exchange any part of his catch for monetary or personal gain. F. ENTANGLEMENT – A method in which fish are primarily ensnared or entangled by the gills or other boney projections through interaction with gear. G. ENTRAPMENT - A method in which fish are primarily surrounded and confined, not entangled by the gills or other boney projections, within a space through interaction with gear. H. FINAL DESTINATION - A place on the mainland or a barrier island, not including piers or jetties, where the fishermen finally lands his catch and does not further transport the fish by boat. I. GIG – Any handheld shaft with one or more points which may or may not be barbed. J. GILL NET - any net, of one or more layers, not customarily used for shrimp or menhaden fishing, with a mesh of such size and design as to be used primarily to catch or entangle fish by the gills or other boney projections. K. HAUL SEINE – A net set vertically in the water column and pulled by hand or by power to capture fish by entrapment through encircling and confining fish within itself, the shore or bank as a result of mesh size and construction. Haul seines shall be constructed of a mesh size not to exceed fifteen sixteenths (15/16”) bar and one inch and seven eighths (1 7/8”) stretch and shall not be constructed of monofilament. K. KING MACKEREL FISHING - a fishing activity where the sole purpose is to catch king mackerel (Scomberomorus cavalla). It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, while engaged in any net fishing activity or "set" to catch in excess of ten percent (10%) by weight of species other than king mackerel while king mackerel fishing. L. LANDED – When seafood is first brought to a point of land after being harvested and is no longer transported by boat or vessel. M. MULLET FISHING - A fishing activity where the sole purpose is to catch mullet (Mugil sp.). It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, while engaged in any mullet fishing activity or "set" to catch in excess of ten percent (10%) by weight of species other than mullet. N. PURSE SEINE - any net or device commonly known as a purse seine and/or ring net that can be pursed or closed by means of a drawstring or other device that can be drawn to close the bottom of the net, or the top of the net, or both. Such nets are constructed of mesh of such size and design as not to be used primarily to entangle commercial size fish by the gills or other boney projections. O. RECREATIONAL FISHERMAN - Those individuals taking and/or catching seafood for recreation or personal consumption. P. SEINE - Any net used to enclose or entrap fish either in a bag or where its ends are pulled together on a vessel or a shore and constructed with a mesh of such size and design as not to be used primarily to ensnare or entangle commercial size fish by the gills or other boney projections. Q. SET POLE and LINE - A line attached to a pole, suspended over water, located along a shoreline. This gear does not include rods with an attached reel or cane poles actively attended on-site by a fisherman engaged in fishing from the adjacent shoreline. R. TOTAL ALLOWABLE CATCH – The total amount of fish allowed to be caught in a given year. S. TRAMMEL NET - Any device composed of layers of netting material attached to one or more float lines or one or more weighted bottom lines, with the layers of netting being constructed of fine mesh and of larger mesh so that a fish attempting to pass through the device pushes the smaller mesh through the larger mesh creating a pocket or compartment in which the fish is entrapped, entangled, or restricted. T. TROTLINE - A stationary anchored line with more than three (3) baited hooks. MISS. CODE ANN. §§ 49-15-1, 49-15-3, 49-15-5, 49-15-15, 49-15-30, 49-15-35, 49-15-35, 49-15- 303, 49-15-304, 49-15-305, 49-15-307, 50 CFR 622.38. CHAPTER 03 COMMERCIAL CLOSURE AREA AND VESSEL DECAL