9-11-23
Section 9-11-23 Alabama Marine Resources Endowment Fund. (a) There is created within the Marine
Resources Fund, a special account to be known as the Alabama Marine Resources Endowment Fund.
The assets of the fund shall consist of all of the following: (1) The proceeds from the sale
of the lifetime resident saltwater fishing license and two hundred fifty dollars ($250) of
the proceeds from the sale of the combination lifetime freshwater and saltwater fishing, combination
lifetime saltwater fishing and hunting, and combination lifetime freshwater and saltwater
fishing and hunting licenses, provided in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) of Section 9-11-65.2.
(2) The proceeds of any gifts, grants, and contributions to the state which are specifically
designated for inclusion in the fund. (3) Any other sources as may be specified by law. (b)
The fund shall be administered by the Alabama Marine Resources Endowment Fund Board of Trustees,
which shall consist of the Director of Finance, the...
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9-11-153
Section 9-11-153 Wholesale and retail freshwater nongame fish dealers' licenses; commercial
paddlefish dealer's license. (a) Every person, firm, association, or corporation engaged in
the buying, selling, or handling of freshwater nongame fish for the purpose of resale, whether
handled on a commission basis or otherwise, and every person, firm, association, or corporation
shipping freshwater nongame fish out of the State of Alabama on consignment or order shall
be considered a wholesale dealer of freshwater nongame fish, and shall be required to pay
a license of $25.00 per annum. Any person, firm, association, or corporation handling freshwater
nongame, uncooked fish strictly at retail to the consumer shall be considered a retailer and
must purchase a license and pay $10.00 per annum for the same. The revenue to be derived from
such licenses shall be covered into the State Treasury to the credit of the Game and Fish
Fund of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources....
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9-2-7
Section 9-2-7 Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources - Powers and duties as to
game, fish and seafood generally. (a) The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources
may enforce and administer all laws providing for the preservation, protection, propagation,
and development of wild birds, wild fur-bearing animals, game fish, saltwater fish, shrimp,
oysters and other shellfish, crustaceans and all other species of wildlife within the state
or within the territorial jurisdiction of the state which have not been reduced to private
ownership, except as otherwise provided. (b) The commissioner is empowered to do all of the
following: (1) To formulate a state wildlife policy. (2) To fix open seasons during which
game birds, game, and fur-bearing animals may be taken. (3) To fix daily and season bag limits
on game birds and game animals. (4) To designate by name what species of fish shall be game
fish. (5) To fix daily creel limits on game fish. (6) To regulate the manner,...
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45-37-220
Section 45-37-220 Taking, catching, or killing of nongame fish in certain public waters using
wire baskets. (a) The Director of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is
hereby authorized and empowered to promulgate rules and regulations authorizing the taking,
catching, or killing of nongame fish from the public waters of Jefferson County, except in
municipal parks, by the use of wire baskets having a mesh of one inch or larger. (b)(1) Any
person desiring a license to fish with such wire baskets in areas where they may be legalized
by regulation, as provided for above, may apply to the judge of probate or other appropriate
licensing authority in the county and shall pay a privilege license tax of one dollar ($1)
for each wire basket with which he or she proposes to fish. The judge of probate, license
commissioner, or other person authorized and designated to issue fishing licenses shall be
entitled to a fee of twenty-five cents ($.25) for each license so issued, which...
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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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9-12-95
Section 9-12-95 Commercial party boat license; fee; requirements; expiration; penalty. (a)
Any person, firm, or corporation who engages in the business of carrying one or more persons
fishing in salt and brackish waters of the State of Alabama for a fee shall purchase a commercial
party boat license. The fee for a commercial party boat license shall be $200.00 for boats
certified for up to six passengers, $300.00 for boats certified for seven to twenty-five passengers,
and $500 for boats certified for more than twenty-five passengers. Upon making application
for the license, the applicant shall provide evidence of a United States Coast Guard license
for operating a passenger boat. Any law or regulation to the contrary notwithstanding, passengers
on the commercial party boats may fish in the territorial waters of Alabama, and land fish
in this state caught within or beyond the territorial waters without purchasing a fishing
license. Persons to whom the commercial party boat license is...
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9-12-207
Section 9-12-207 Alligator parts transaction forms; bills of sale; inspection; records. (a)
Any licensed alligator farmer may sell alligator carcasses or parts, provided he completes
an official alligator parts transaction form, furnished by the department, for every alligator
parts transaction. These forms shall be submitted to the department at 30-day intervals until
all parts are sold. (b) Any alligator parts dealer purchasing alligator parts, other than
skins, shall complete an official alligator parts transaction form for each purchase. Any
alligator parts dealer selling alligator parts, other than skins, shall complete an official
alligator parts sale form for each sale. These forms shall be furnished by the department
and shall be submitted to the department at 30-day intervals until final disposition of all
parts. Each alligator farmer and parts dealer shall furnish a bill of sale to each retailer
or restaurant purchasing alligator parts. (c) Any retailer or restaurant...
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9-2-4
Section 9-2-4 Powers and duties as to seafoods, etc. (a) The Department of Conservation and
Natural Resources shall have full jurisdiction and control of all seafoods existing or living
in the waters of Alabama and of all public and natural oyster reefs and oyster bottoms of
the State of Alabama, and it shall ordain, promulgate and enforce all rules, regulations and
orders deemed by it to be necessary for the protection, propagation or conservation of the
same. (b) The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources may by order duly made and
published prescribe the manner of taking or catching, the time when and designate the places
from which seafoods may or may not be taken or caught during certain periods of the year,
or entirely, as it may deem to be for the best interest of the seafood industry. (c) It shall
have full authority to prohibit the catching or taking of oysters from reefs designated by
it by order duly made and promulgated during the entire open season or any part...
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9-11-55.3
Section 9-11-55.3 Combination nonresident saltwater-freshwater license; fee. The Department
of Conservation and Natural Resources may provide for the issuance of a combination nonresident
saltwater-freshwater fishing license for a combination license fee of $60, with $30 going
to the Marine Resources Fund, and $30 going to the Game and Fish Fund. In addition, notwithstanding
any provision of law to the contrary, there shall be a $1 issuance fee imposed for the cost
of issuing the combination nonresident saltwater-freshwater license. (Acts 1993, No. 93-322,
p. 486, §7.)...
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9-12-232
Section 9-12-232 Commercial gill net permits - Acquisition and retirement. (a) The Department
of Conservation and Natural Resources shall establish and administer a voluntary program to
acquire and retire commercial gill net permits of saltwater commercial fishermen issued pursuant
to Section 9-12-113. (b) Each resident Alabama saltwater commercial fisherman who possesses
a valid Alabama permit June 1, 2008, and any nonresident commercial fisherman who has held
a commercial gill net license for 25 years or more without a fishing violation who possesses
a valid Alabama permit on June 1, 2008, may surrender his or her license on or before March
1, 2009. (c) Upon surrender of the license, the following shall apply: (1) If the total income
of the license holder from dockside value of finfish harvested and landed in Alabama using
gill nets in the last three years was less than five thousand dollars ($5,000), the licensee
shall receive a payment from the Department of Conservation and...
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