Rule 40-1-9.1 - CLOSURE OF THE YOCKANOOKANY RIVER TO FISHING Public Notice 2735 is hereby amended.
A. The Mississippi Commission on Wildlife Conservation at its regular monthly meeting held in Jackson, Mississippi, on August 18, 1987, made known its intent to adopt immediately under the authority of Section 49-1-29(k) of the Mississippi Code of 1972, the following closing of commercial fishing on a portion of the Yockanookany River, in Attala and Leake counties:B. Tests conducted by the Mississippi Department of Natural Resources and confirmed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have shown that fish from the Yockanookany River system between Highway 35 (Kosciusko Crossing) and Highway 429 (Thomastown Crossing)contain levels of Polychlorinated Bi-Phenyls (PCB) above the action level of 2 parts per million (ppm) set by the Environmental Protection Agency, therefore,C. BE IT ORDERED that effective this date, the Yockanookany River System between Highway 35 and Highway 429 is closed to commercial fishing;D. BE IT FURTHER ORDERED, that any person or persons taking sportfish from these waters are hereby warned that the eating of fish from these waters could be harmful to human health.Miss. Code Ann., §§ 49-1-29 and 49-4-4.