All data collected or otherwise obtained by statistical personnel in the course of their

All data collected or otherwise obtained by statistical personnel in the course of their duties and other landings data collected by information confidentiality officers of the MDMR are confidential, and unless specific authorization is given, are not to be divulged, except in aggregate form, to any person except employees of the MDMR designated as information confidentiality officers, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA/NMFS), or agencies of other states that have executed a memorandum of understanding for the sharing of statistical information with the MDMR and the NMFS; whose duties require this information, and have provisions at least as protective for maintaining the confidentiality of such information, except as permitted by law or court order. MISS. CODE ANN. §§49-15-1 et seq., NAO 216-100, 5 U.S.C. 552, 50 CFR 229.10, 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq., 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.