A. The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (the "department"), as successor to the Mississippi Department of Wildlife Conservation, and the Mississippi State Game and Fish Commission, pursuant to the terms of Miss. Code Ann. §§
49-1-1, 49-1-3, and 49-1-4, signed a Reciprocal Agreement with the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources concerning sport fishing on Aliceville Lake in Noxubee and Lowndes Counties, Mississippi.
B. Said agreement states that the sport fishing licenses of either Alabama or Mississippi will be recognized in "all that part of the Tombigbee River, its embayment and impoundments, from River Mile 322 to the Aliceville Lock and Dam".
C. The department has signed a reciprocal agreement with the Alabama Department of Conservation concerning sport fishing on Pickwick Lake in Tishomingo County, Mississippi.
D. Said agreement states that,
1. sport anglers duly licensed or legally exempt from license requirements by the State of Alabama may, without further license, fish in the area of Pickwick Lake described below;
2. sport anglers duly licensed or legally exempt from license requirements by the State of Mississippi may, without further license, fish in the area of Pickwick Lake described below.
3. The area affected by this agreement shall be defined as either the water or from the banks of said water of the following described part of the Tennessee River or embayments or impoundments, to-wit:
All that part of the Tennessee River and its embayments and impoundments between the junction of the Tennessee-Alabama-Mississippi line near River Mile 215 and the Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge near River Mile 236.5, except and exclusive of that part of the Big Bear Embayment lying south of the Southern Railway bridge, that part of Second Creek Embayment lying north of the Lauderdale County Road 14 bridge, and that part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway lying south of the Highway 25 bridge.
E. Except for licenses covered in this agreement, all creel limits, size limits, and other laws, rules, and regulations enacted by the State having jurisdiction must be adhered to while fishing in the state's waters.
Notes
MISS. CODE ANN. §§
49-1-1, 49-1-3, 49-1-4, 49-1-29, 49-4-4, and 49-7-12.
Revised August 2018.
Amended 10/25/2018
