9-12-65
Section 9-12-65 Sale, etc., of shrimp or oysters to persons, etc., failing to comply with provisions of article. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, barter, exchange, give or deliver to any person, firm or corporation doing business in Alabama any saltwater shrimp or oysters after having been notified in writing by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources or its agent to the effect that such person, firm or corporation which the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall name in its notice has failed or refused to pay the tax on saltwater shrimp or oysters or to make the reports in writing required by law or has failed to comply with the other provisions of this article, and in the event such saltwater shrimp or oyster catcher or master of a boat handling saltwater shrimp or oysters sells, exchanges, barters, gives or delivers saltwater shrimp or oysters to the person, firm or corporation named in the notice as not having complied with the provisions of...
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9-12-47
Section 9-12-47 Condemnation, disposition, etc., of shrimp not fit for human consumption. No person shall purchase, sell, can, ship or otherwise transport any fresh saltwater shrimp which are not in prime condition, that is, suitable to be eaten by human beings as food; and, upon condemnation by the Director, Marine Resources Division, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources or his assistant of any fresh saltwater shrimp which have deteriorated to the extent that they are not suitable for human consumption, the person, firm, corporation or partnership having such fresh saltwater shrimp so condemned in his possession shall make such disposition thereof as the Director, Marine Resources Division, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources or his assistants may direct. (Acts 1921, Ex. Sess., No. 12, p. 12, § 8; Code 1923, § 4097; Code 1940, T. 8, § 156.)...
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9-12-54.1
Section 9-12-54.1 Live saltwater bait dealers license. Before any person, firm, or corporation engages in the taking, catching, transporting, or selling of live saltwater bait and the transporting of dead saltwater bait for commercial purposes, he or she shall have in his or her possession a live saltwater bait dealers license. "Live saltwater bait" shall be defined by regulation promulgated by the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The license shall be sold and issued by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to any live saltwater bait dealer upon payment of a fee of one hundred dollars ($100), which shall entitle the person to sell live saltwater bait from a place of business and operate one designated live bait catcher boat and one transport truck, or two hundred dollars ($200) for the right to sell live saltwater bait from a place of business and operate two designated live bait catcher boats and two transport trucks. Detailed...
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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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9-12-111
Section 9-12-111 Lengths or widths of seines, nets, and trawls. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to have in possession on board a boat in the waters of Alabama or in use, any seine, trammel net, gill net or other device for the taking or catching of saltwater fish or other seafoods having in length on the cork or main top line more than 2,400 feet except on purse seines where the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources may set additional length by regulation. When two or more nets are joined together, they shall be considered as one, and the total length thereof must not exceed the above limitation. All nets, seines, or trawls exceeding the prescribed length or width as set by law or regulation may be confiscated and held as evidence, and upon conviction, the nets, seines, or trawls shall be forfeited to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources which shall dispose of forfeited items as it deems advisable. Any person violating this section...
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9-12-113
Section 9-12-113 Licenses or permits for commercial fishing; net or seine permits. (a) Each license or permit issued by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources or his or her authorized agent shall state the name of the applicant. (1) If the applicant is a resident of the State of Alabama, the applicant shall pay the following fees: a. One hundred dollars ($100) for commercial fishing. b. Three hundred dollars ($300) on each net or seine permit, plus an additional five hundred dollars ($500) per permit for the taking of Roe Mullet and Spanish Mackerel, as defined by regulation of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. c. One thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) for each purse seine license. (2) Nonresidents shall pay the following fees: a. Two hundred dollars ($200) for commercial fishing. b. One thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) for each net or seine permit, plus an additional two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per permit for the taking of...
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9-2-87
Section 9-2-87 Seafoods Fund - Created; composition. There is hereby created and there shall be a fund which shall be known as the "Seafoods Fund." This fund shall consist of: (1) All moneys received from all occupational and privilege licenses or taxes imposed by the state on any person, firm or corporation for engaging in any business or activity relating to the taking, catching, processing or handling seafoods as defined in Section 9-2-80; (2) All revenue derived from oyster bottom leases; (3) All moneys paid, derived or received arising from fines, penalties or forfeitures of the seafood laws of this state or the rules and regulations based thereon; (4) All moneys derived from the sale, leasing, dredging, excavation or removal of oyster shells from the bottoms of any bay, lagoon, estuary, bayou or saltwater area within the jurisdiction of the State of Alabama; and (5) All moneys accruing to the Marine Resources Division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources from...
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9-12-31
Section 9-12-31 Boarding of boats, etc., and entrance into places of business to investigate compliance with laws. The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources or its duly authorized agent or agents shall have authority to board any boat, barge or other watercraft which is engaged in the taking or catching of oysters or shrimp or to enter the place of business of any person, firm, corporation or association engaged in the seafood industry or sale of seafoods and by inspection or investigation determine whether such boat, barge or other craft or such business is in every respect being operated in full compliance with the provisions of the seafood laws of this state or regulations based thereunder or whether oysters or shrimp or other seafoods are being taken or canned, packed or processed or caught or transported in full compliance with the laws relating to oysters and shrimp or other seafoods or regulations based thereunder. (Acts 1936-37, Ex. Sess., No. 169, §31, p. 192; Code...
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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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9-11-56.3
Section 9-11-56.3 Public fishing pier license; saltwater pier fishing license; fees. (a) A person, firm, or corporation that operates a fishing pier open to the general public in the inside waters of the State of Alabama as defined by Rule 220-3-.04 of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, may purchase a public fishing pier license to be issued by the Marine Resources Division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The fee for a public fishing pier license shall be one thousand dollars ($1,000) per year, which fee shall be subject to adjustment as provided for in Section 9-11-69. Any law or regulation to the contrary notwithstanding, a resident of the State of Alabama may fish from a licensed public fishing pier in the inside waters of the State of Alabama without purchasing a fishing license. A licensed public fishing pier shall be open to the general public. This section shall not be construed to prohibit the operator of a licensed public...
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