Persons on a licensed charter boat or headboat may possess a two-day (2) bag limit only when complying with the following conditions and only for the species listed in 100.06 of this chapter.
100.01 Charter boats must be less than one hundred (100) gross tons and meet Coast Guard requirements to carry six or fewer passengers.100.02 Headboats must hold a valid certificate of inspection issued by the Coast Guard.100.03 The charter boat or headboat must possess a reef fish permit if fishing for reef fish or in possession of reef fish in the EEZ.100.04 The charter boat or headboat must have two (2) coast guard certified captains aboard (as required by Coast Guard regulations for trips over twelve (12) hours).100.05 Each person aboard the charter boat or headboat must possess a certificate, issued in the name of the chartering company, stating the time and date the charter left the dock and the trip must be in excess of twenty-four (24) hours.100.06 King and Spanish Mackerel, snappers (Red, Vermillion, Lane, Gray, Mutton, Yellowtail, Schoolmaster, Cubera, Dog, Mahogany, Queen, Blackfin, Silk, and Wenchman), groupers (Misty, Snowy, Yellowedge, Warsaw, Speckled Hind, Red, Yellowfin, Black, Gag, Scamp, Yellowmouth, Rock Hind, and Red Hind), Hogfish, Gray Triggerfish, Lesser Amberjack, Banded Rudderfish, Almaco Jack, Goldface Tilefish, Anchor Tilefish, Tilefish, Blackline Tilefish, Blueline Tilefish, and Greater Amberjack.22 Miss. Code. R. 7-07-100