22 MAC Pt. 4, R. 7.14

It is unlawful to remove crab traps from the water or remove crabs from crab traps from thirty (30) minutes after legal sunset until thirty (30) minutes before legal sunrise the following day. It is not unlawful to possess crab traps if the crab traps are captured unintentionally during legal trawling or dredging operations, and if said crab traps are immediately returned to the water. MISS. CODE ANN. §49-15-11, 49-15-15