LEGAL NOTICE Order Opening Recreational Gag Season Under the authority of Mississippi Code Ann. § 49-15-15, the Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources does hereby order that: The recreational fishing season for Gag (Mycteroperca microlepis) shall open in Mississippi territorial waters at 12:01 a.m., local time, on September 1, 2025 and shall close at 12:01 a.m., local time, on September 15, 2025. So ordered this the 21st day of August, 2025. MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES, JOE SPRAGGINS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR By: Traci Floyd, Director Office of Marine Fisheries IPL0266664 Aug 24 2025