“Peeler crab” and “soft-shell crab” defined
Laws, 1988, ch. 548, § 3, eff from and after July 1, 1988.
“Peeler crab” means a blue crab having a new soft shell fully developed under the hard shell and having a definite white, pink or red line or rim on the outer edge of the back fin or flipper.
“Soft-shell crab” means a peeler crab which has recently shed its hard shell.
Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.