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9-12-54.6
Section 9-12-54.6 Exclusive saltwater bait areas. All rivers, bayous, and creeks of the state
are permanently closed to the taking of saltwater shrimp for any purpose. Wolf Bay, that area
encompassing the water within the boundary from the south shore of Wolf Bay northward to Beacon
#86 on the north side of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway then westward along the north side
of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway to Beacon #94 then south across the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
to the south shore of Wolf Bay; Oyster Bay, that area encompassing the waters of Oyster Bay
except those waters north of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway; that area encompassing those
waters in the mouth of the Blakely River between the I-10 bridge and the Highway 90 (old causeway)
bridge; Terry Cove (Baldwin County); Arlington Channel; East Fowl River from Beacon 5 and
6 to the mouth of the river; Bayou La Batre Channel from Bayou La Batre Channel B.C. Beacon
to the mouth of Bayou La Batre; and Dauphin Island Bay (Mobile...
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9-10B-3
Section 9-10B-3 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases,
unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, shall have the following meanings:
(1) AREA OF THE STATE. Any municipality or county, including portions thereof, or other geographical
area of the state as may be designated by the commission pursuant to this chapter. (2) BENEFICIAL
USE. The diversion, withdrawal, or consumption of the waters of the state in such quantity
as is necessary for economic and efficient utilization consistent with the interests of this
state. (3) CAPACITY STRESS AREA. An area of the state designated by the commission pursuant
to this chapter where the commission determines that the use of the waters of the state, whether
ground water, surface water, or both, requires coordination, management, and regulation for
the protection of the interests and rights of the people of the state. (4) CERTIFICATE OF
USE. A certificate which shall be issued by the...
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9-12-21
Section 9-12-21 "Natural oyster reef" defined. A natural oyster reef is declared
and defined as not less than one acre in continuous area of any bottoms of any bay, sound,
bayou, creek, inlet or any other body of salt or brackish water on which oysters grow naturally,
or have grown naturally, in quantity sufficient to warrant fishing for them with hand tongs
as a means of a livelihood within a period of five years next preceding the time at which
said matter may be presented for consideration and determination by the Director, Marine Resources
Division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. But in no case shall an
oyster bed be declared or defined to be a natural oyster reef when such bed is located within
the limits where the owners of land fronting on such waters where oysters may be grown have
the right to create and have created, by artificial means such as planting oysters or oyster
shells or by any other means, culture grounds for the growth of oysters and have...
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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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9-7-15
Section 9-7-15 Coastal Area Board - Development of coastal area management program. The board
shall provide for the development of a comprehensive coastal area management program. The
program shall be prepared in cooperation with local, regional, state and federal interests.
The inland boundaries of the coastal area subject to the management program are described
as follows: begin at the southernmost point on the Mississippi-Alabama state line where the
land surface elevation reaches 10 feet above mean sea level and continue in a general easterly
direction along the 10-foot contour to the proximity of Mobile Bay; continue in a northerly
direction on the 10-foot contour along the western shore of Mobile Bay and the Mobile River
delta to the north line of Mobile County; thence southeastward along the north line of Mobile
County to the intersection with the Baldwin County lines in the Mobile River; thence along
the west and north lines of Baldwin County in the Mobile and Alabama Rivers to...
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