9-12-162
Section 9-12-162 Rights and privileges granted to be exercised in accordance with Alabama laws,
etc. The fishing rights and privileges which may be granted by or through such reciprocal
agreements shall be exercised in accordance with the laws of Alabama and the rules and regulations
promulgated by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources of the State of Alabama
which pertain to the taking, catching, possessing or handling of seafood by residents of the
State of Alabama. (Acts 1951, No. 238, p. 513, §3.)...
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9-12-22
Section 9-12-22 Right of owners of land fronting public waters to plant and gather oysters.
All the beds and bottoms of the rivers, bayous, lagoons, lakes, bays, sounds and inlets within
the jurisdiction of the State of Alabama are the property of the State of Alabama to be held
in trust for the people thereof, but the owners of land fronting on such waters where oysters
may be grown shall have the right to plant and gather same in the waters in front of their
land to the distance of 600 yards from the shore measured from the average low water mark,
but where the distance from shore to shore is less than 1,200 yards, the owners of either
shore may plant and gather to a line equidistant between the two shores, but no person shall
plant in any natural channel so as to interfere with navigation. The respective owners shall
plant within lines extended into the water from points where the boundaries intersect the
shore, as nearly as practicable, with a mean width corresponding with their...
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9-11-213
Section 9-11-213 Rights and privileges granted to be exercised in accordance with Alabama laws,
etc. The fishing rights and privileges which may be granted by or through such reciprocal
agreements shall be exercised by all nonresidents of the State of Alabama in accordance with
the laws of Alabama and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commissioner of Conservation
and Natural Resources of the State of Alabama which pertain to the taking and catching of
freshwater fish of all species. (Acts 1957, No. 196, p. 254, §4.)...
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9-11-283
Section 9-11-283 Rights and privileges granted to be exercised in accordance with Alabama laws,
etc. The waterfowl hunting rights and privileges which may be granted by or through such reciprocal
agreements shall be exercised by all nonresidents of the State of Alabama in accordance with
the laws of Alabama and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commissioner of Conservation
and Natural Resources of the State of Alabama which pertain to the hunting and taking of waterfowl
of all species. (Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 240, p. 2252, §4.)...
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9-11-391
Section 9-11-391 Definitions. Wherever used in this article, unless a different meaning clearly
appears in the context, the following terms shall be given the following respective meanings:
(1) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
of the State of Alabama. (2) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
of the State of Alabama. (3) CONSERVATION and MANAGEMENT. The collection and application of
biological information for the purposes of increasing and maintaining the number of animals
within species and populations of marine mammals at the optimum carrying capacity of their
habitat. Such terms include the entire scope of activities that constitute a modern scientific
resources program, including, but not limited to, research, census law enforcement and habitat
acquisition and improvement. Also included within these terms, when and where appropriate,
is the periodic or total protection of species or populations as well...
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9-2-86
Section 9-2-86 Director and employees constituted peace officers; inspection, etc., of factories,
barrel measures, nets, trawls, etc. The Director of the Division of Marine Resources and other
employees of said division are hereby constituted peace officers of the State of Alabama with
full police power and jurisdiction to enforce all laws with reference to the seafoods of the
State of Alabama and all rules and regulations promulgated by the Department of Conservation
and Natural Resources, and they may exercise such powers in any county of the State of Alabama
and on any waters of this state. They are hereby authorized to carry firearms or other weapons
when they are actually in the discharge of their duties as such officers. They shall be clothed
with the power to arrest with or without warrant any person who shall violate any of the laws
of the State of Alabama or any rule or regulation of the Department of Conservation and Natural
Resources with reference to the protection,...
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9-9-5
Section 9-9-5 Establishment of district - Jurisdiction generally; purposes. (a) The court of
probate of any county of the State of Alabama shall have jurisdiction, power and authority
to establish water management districts, as provided in this article for the following purposes:
(1) To locate and establish levees, drains or canals and to cause to be constructed, straightened,
widened or deepened any ditch, drain or watercourse; (2) To construct for the purposes of
flood prevention or the conservation, development, utilization or disposal of water works
of improvement, including levees, embankments, floodwater retarding structures, water storage
structures, outlets and tide gates, flood gates and pumping plants for preventing floods,
providing drainage, reducing sediment and reclaiming wet, swamp or overflowed lands and other
related works of improvement that will carry out the purposes of this article; and (3) To
provide maintenance for such installations. (b) It is hereby declared...
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9-11-151
Section 9-11-151 Seizure, confiscation and disposition of fishing gear used in violation of
article. Should any law enforcement officer of this state or employee of the Department of
Conservation and Natural Resources of the State of Alabama discover commercial fishing gear
being used in violation of the terms of this article, he shall seize and hold the same; and,
in the event no one within a reasonable time claims seized commercial fishing gear and the
owner thereof is unknown to the person finding the same, it shall be confiscated and shall
become the property of the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries of the Department
of Conservation and Natural Resources and shall be disposed of as ordered by the Commissioner
of Conservation and Natural Resources. (Acts 1953, No. 784, p. 1069, §9.)...
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9-11-260
Section 9-11-260 Acquisition of lands, expenditure of revenues, etc., by commissioner for propagation
of game birds, game and fur-bearing animals. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural
Resources is hereby authorized on behalf of the State of Alabama to engage in the propagation
of game birds, game and fur-bearing animals, and for this purpose the said Commissioner of
Conservation and Natural Resources is authorized and empowered to secure by lease, gift or
otherwise lands in the State of Alabama suitable for the propagation of birds or animals,
the increase from which shall be planted under proper regulations of the Commissioner of Conservation
and Natural Resources for brood stock for propagation purposes. He shall be further authorized
to expend revenues out of the Game and Fish Fund for the purpose of erecting suitable buildings,
the purchase of all necessary equipment and the employment of expert assistance in the breeding
and propagation of birds and animals. (Acts 1933,...
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9-12-20
Section 9-12-20 Ownership and control of seafoods. All seafoods existing or living in the waters
of Alabama not held in private ownership legally acquired and all beds and bottoms of rivers,
streams, bayous, lagoons, lakes, bays, sounds and inlets bordering on or connecting with the
Gulf of Mexico or Mississippi Sound within the territorial jurisdiction of the State of Alabama,
including all oysters and other shellfish and parts thereof grown thereon, either naturally
or cultivated, shall be, continue and remain the property of the State of Alabama to be held
in trust for the people thereof until title thereto shall be legally divested in the manner
and form authorized in this article, and the same shall be under the exclusive control of
the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources until the right of private ownership
shall vest therein as provided in this article. (Acts 1936-37, Ex. Sess., No. 169, p. 192;
Code 1940, T. 8, §112.)...
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