9-12-124
Section 9-12-124 "Crab catcher" license for use of more than five crab traps; rules
and regulations. (a) Any person taking crabs for commercial purposes or using more than five
crab traps for personal, noncommercial purposes must first obtain and have in possession a
"crab catcher's" license. The fee for said license shall be $50.00 and shall be
paid to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. (b) Individuals can use up to,
but not more than, five crab traps for taking crabs for personal, noncommercial purposes,
without said license. (c) All crab traps and commercial crab boats must display identifying
markings to be developed by regulations of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
and it shall be unlawful to take crabs from traps belonging to another person without written
authorization. (d) The proceeds from the sale of said licenses shall be deposited to the credit
of the Marine Resources Fund and said licenses shall expire on September 30 of each year....

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9-12-82
Section 9-12-82 License required for taking of oysters for commercial purposes; penalty; aquaculture
license; disposition of funds. (a) Before any person engages in the taking or catching of
oysters from the waters or bottoms of the State of Alabama, the person shall first purchase
an annual oyster catcher license. The license shall expire annually on September 30 and shall
be twenty-five dollars ($25) . However, persons may take for personal, noncommercial purposes,
from waters opened to commercial oystering, not more than 100 oysters per day without purchasing
an oyster catcher license. (b) Before any oyster aquaculture site or facility permitted by
the state Department of Public Health engages in the taking of oysters from the waters or
bottoms of this state, the oyster aquaculture permittee shall first purchase an annual oyster
aquaculture license. The license shall allow employees of the aquaculture facility to engage
in harvesting and sorting of oysters or to conduct other...
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9-12-93
Section 9-12-93 License for boat used for taking or carrying shrimp. It shall be unlawful for
any person to use any boat for the purpose of drawing a seine or trawl used in catching shrimp
or hauling or carrying shrimp without first having secured an annual license due and payable
on or before the opening date of the season as set by the Commissioner of Conservation and
Natural Resources in each and every year as follows: For each and every boat owned by a resident
of this state, there shall be an annual license fee of fifty dollars ($50) for commercial
boats under 30 feet in length, seventy-five dollars ($75) for commercial boats from 30 to
45 feet in length, one hundred dollars ($100) on commercial boats over 45 feet in length,
and fifteen dollars ($15) on all recreational boats regardless of length. Recreational boats
can use trawls of 16 feet or less as measured at the cork line or main top line to catch,
or attempt to catch, shrimp for bait or noncommercial purposes, not to exceed...
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9-11-53.1
Section 9-11-53.1 Resident license - Saltwater fishing. (a)(1) Any person who has been a bona
fide resident of this state for a period of not less than 90 days next preceding and who is
age 16 or older, but has not yet reached the age of 65, shall not take, catch, kill, possess,
or attempt to take, catch, kill, or possess, any fish in any of the waters of this state,
except those waters for which a license is required by Section 9-11-53, below that line defined
in Rule 220-2-.42(1) of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources as published
in the Alabama Administrative Code, by angling with rod and reel or by use of any artificial
bait, fly, lure, gig, cast net, bow, crab traps that are not required to be licensed by Section
9-12-124, or by spear fishing, as defined by Section 9-11-170, without first procuring an
annual resident saltwater fishing license for twenty dollars ($20), plus a one dollar ($1)
issuance fee, which fees shall be subject to adjustment as provided for in...
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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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9-12-113
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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9-11-59
Section 9-11-59 License to capture or kill fur-bearing animals for commercial purposes; traps.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to take, capture, or kill, or to attempt to take,
capture, or kill for commercial purposes by any means or device any of the fur-bearing animals
protected by the laws or regulations of this state without first procuring a license therefor,
to be issued in the same manner as is provided for hunting and fishing licenses. (b)(1) Any
person who has been a bona fide resident of this state for 90 days next preceding may procure
a resident trapping license by paying the sum of twenty dollars ($20). (2) Any person who
has not been a bona fide resident of this state for 90 days next preceding may procure a nonresident
trapping license by paying the amount charged a resident of Alabama for a similar license
in the nonresident state, except that the license fee for a nonresident in no event shall
be less than 10 times the license fee charged by the department for...
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9-11-55.2
Section 9-11-55.2 Nonresident saltwater fishing license; cost; disposition of fees; penalty
for violation. (a) A nonresident of this state who is age 16 or older, shall not take, catch,
kill, possess, or attempt to take, catch, kill, or possess any fish in any of the waters of
this state except those waters for which a license is required by Section 9-11-53, below that
line defined in Rule 220-2-.42(1) of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
as published in the Alabama Administrative Code, by angling with rod and reel or by use of
any artificial bait, fly, lure, gig, cast net, bow, crab traps that are not required to be
licensed by Section 9-12-124, or by spear fishing, as defined by Section 9-11-170, without
first procuring a nonresident saltwater fishing license. The cost of nonresident saltwater
fishing licenses shall be as follows: (1) A nonresident annual saltwater fishing license shall
cost forty-four dollars ($44), plus a one dollar ($1) issuance fee, which fees...
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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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9-12-54.5
Section 9-12-54.5 Catching, etc. of shrimp by persons with recreational boat shrimping license.
Persons with a recreational boat shrimping license may use a trawl having a width of 16 feet
or less as measured at the cork line to catch, or attempt to catch, saltwater shrimp for bait
or noncommercial purposes not to exceed five gallons of shrimp per person per day, and unless
otherwise provided by law or regulation, only at the same time and in the waters open to commercial
shrimping. (Acts 1981, No. 81-853, p. 1531, §5; Acts 1994, No. 94-618, p. 1150, §1; Act
2000-737, p. 1613, §1.)...
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