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9-12-231
Section 9-12-231 Nets and similar devices permitted in salt and brackish waters. (a) The following
nets or similar devices may be used in Alabama salt and brackish waters: (1) A landing net,
which is a net commonly used to land fish while hook-and-line fishing. (2) A dip or crab net,
which may not exceed three feet in diameter. (3) A minnow seine, which may not exceed 25 feet
in length or 4 feet in depth. (4) A hand thrown cast net, which may not exceed 30 feet in
diameter. (5) A shrimp trawl net. (6) A net used for scientific or educational purposes; provided
that any person using a net for scientific or educational purposes shall have in his or her
possession a valid permit issued by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources,
which shall enact rules governing the use of nets for scientific or educational purposes.
(7) A purse seine for the taking of menhaden by persons licensed by the Department of Conservation
and Natural Resources in water designated by the department....
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9-11-481
Section 9-11-481 Prohibited activities; exceptions; applicability; penalties. (a) Except as
provided in subsection (b), it shall be unlawful for any individual, corporation, partnership,
trust, association, or any other entity to do any of the following: (1) Hunt, wound, injure,
kill, trap, collect, or capture a black bear, or to attempt to engage in that conduct during
the closed season for black bear. (2) Sell, offer for sale, purchase, offer to purchase, deliver,
transport, carry, or ship, in intrastate, interstate, or foreign commerce a black bear, whether
alive or dead, or any of its parts or products, or to attempt to engage in that conduct. Nothing
in this article shall prohibit legal possession of black bear taken legally in other states.
(b) The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall permit, under reasonable
terms and conditions as it may prescribe, any act otherwise prohibited by subsection (a) for
any of the following purposes: (1) Scientific or...
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9-12-46
Section 9-12-46 Minimum weight of shrimp taken, etc., for commercial purposes; possession,
sale, etc., of nonconforming shrimp. (a) The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources
shall set by rule areas that are closed for commercial and recreational shrimping subject
to the restrictions provided in subsection (b). (b)(1) All inside waters, as defined by rules
adopted by the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, shall
be closed to all commercial and recreational shrimping from 6:00 a.m., May 1, to 6:00 a.m.,
June 1 of each year. (2) The portion of Mobile Bay that lies within the described area from
Mayday Park to Great Point Clear, as defined by rule, shall be closed to commercial and recreational
shrimping from 6:00 a.m., August 15, until 6:00 a.m. October 1 of each year. (c) The commissioner
may provide for emergency open or closed seasons for the taking of shrimp due to biological,
technical, or environmental factors or for the protection of...
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9-12-54
Section 9-12-54 Payment of taxes. All taxes mentioned in this article shall be paid by the
persons, firms or corporations, commonly known as dealers, factories or shippers, first marketing
the oysters, shrimp, terrapins, turtles or other seafood products, and any person who has
purchased same from a dealer, factory, shipper or any other person who has paid the tax thereon
shall not be taxed again. Said taxes shall be paid to the Director, Marine Resources Division
of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources or any other officers of the Department
of Conservation and Natural Resources charged with enforcing the provisions of this article.
Unless otherwise provided by law, all taxes, licenses and fines collected under this article
shall be forwarded on the first of the following month to the Treasurer to be placed to the
credit of the Seafoods Fund. (Acts 1923, No. 504, p. 672, § 5; Code 1923, § 2770; Acts 1931,
No. 361, p. 424, § 11; Code 1940, T. 8, § 128.)...
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33-5-70
Section 33-5-70 Reckless operation of vehicle; careless operation; violation of rules and regulations
of Marine Police; penalties. (a) It is unlawful to operate a vessel in a reckless manner upon
the waters of this state. A person is guilty of the reckless operation of a vessel who operates
any vessel, or manipulates any water skis, aquaplane, or other marine transportation device,
upon the waters of this state in willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or
property at a speed, or in a manner to endanger, or likely to endanger, life, limb, or damage
the property of, or injure any person. Any person who violates this subsection is guilty of
a Class A misdemeanor, punishable upon conviction as provided in Sections 13A-5-7 and 13A-5-12.
Any person so convicted shall be fined not less than one hundred fifty dollars ($150).
(b) Any person operating a vessel upon the waters of this state shall operate the vessel in
a reasonable and prudent manner, so as not to endanger...
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9-11-12
Section 9-11-12 Violations of fish and game laws - Fees of arresting officers. When an arrest
for a violation of the provisions of the game and fish laws is made by a salaried officer
and the defendant is convicted, there shall be taxed, as cost, the same fee as a sheriff in
the state is entitled to for similar services and which, if collected from the defendant,
shall be immediately remitted by the trial court directly to the Commissioner of Conservation
and Natural Resources, and said fee shall be used for the purpose of the administration of
the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries of the Department of Conservation and Natural
Resources. If the arrest is made by a nonsalaried warden or officer and said fee is collected
from the defendant, such nonsalaried warden or officer shall be entitled to said fee, but
in no case shall such nonsalaried warden or officer be entitled to any part of a fine assessed
and collected from the defendant; provided, however, that no fees shall be...
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9-11-1
Section 9-11-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall
have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) HEREIN, HEREAFTER and HEREOF. Unless otherwise especially restricted or enlarged, the
terms refer to the whole of the conservation laws of this state. (2) OFFICER. The term includes
every person authorized to enforce the game and fish laws of this state, and whenever the
possession, use, importation, transportation, storage, sale, offering, or exposing for sale
of game birds, animals, or fish is prohibited or restricted, the prohibition or restriction
shall extend to and include every part of the game, bird, animal, or fish, and a violation
as to each animal, bird, or fish, or part thereof, shall be a separate offense. (3) THIS CHAPTER
or PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER. The words shall be taken and construed to include all rules
and regulations of the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources...
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9-11-84
Section 9-11-84 Sale, transportation, etc., of game fish taken from public or private waters.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale within this state, or ship
or transport for sale within or without this state, or to ship into this state any game fish
caught or taken in any of the fresh waters, whether public or private, of this state or any
other state. All species of black bass, white bass, yellow bass, saltwater striped bass, bream,
and pickerel, as well as walleye, sauger, black and white crappie, and yellow perch are designated
game fish for the purpose of this section. (b) This section shall not apply to the sale of
game fish raised in hatcheries and sold for the purposes of stocking ponds and lakes, nor
shall it apply to the sale of nonnative game fish raised for human consumption, nor shall
it apply to the sale of yellow perch, largemouth bass, shellcracker, and bluegill bream raised
in farm ponds; provided, that, prior to any sale provided for in...
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9-12-122
Section 9-12-122 Penalty for commercial shrimp trawling in waters closed to commercial shrimping
by law or regulation; confiscation and forfeiture of trawls. (a) It shall be unlawful for
any person, firm or corporation to take shrimp by commercial shrimp trawling in waters closed
to commercial shrimping by law or regulation. "Commercial shrimp trawling" means
the taking or catching or attempting to take or catch shrimp by any trawl or trawls used together
which exceed 16 feet as measured along the cork line; as well as, the taking, catching or
attempting to take or catch shrimp by any trawl 16 feet or less as measured along the cork
line while licensed as a commercial shrimp fisherman under Section 9-12-92 or Section 9-12-93.
(b) Persons, firms or corporations convicted of violating the provisions of this section shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than $600.00 nor more
than $900.00 for the first offense, not less than $900.00 nor more than...
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9-12-42
Section 9-12-42 Duty to replant oysters and oyster shells on public reefs; option to pay replanting
costs, etc.; penalties. (a) The Marine Resources Division may establish by rule a shell fee
to be used for the replanting of oyster cultch material on the public reefs of this state
or for otherwise managing the oyster resources of this state. This fee shall be charged on
a per sack basis to all seafood dealers who are purchasing oysters directly from the harvester.
The fee shall be calculated and paid quarterly. The payment is due no later than one month
after the end of the previous quarter. (b) The division shall establish an Oyster Management
Fund and all monies paid to the department pursuant to the shell fee shall be deposited in
this fund. The monies in this Oyster Management Fund shall be used by the division to replant
cultch material on the public reefs of this state, to cultivate the public reefs of this state,
or to otherwise manage the oyster resources of this state. (c)...
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