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AL Code § 9-12-82 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 2 - Seafoods.|Division 2 - Licenses Generally.|Section 9-12-82 - License Required for Taking of Oysters for Commercial Purposes; Penalty; Aquaculture License; Disposition of Funds.

Section 9-12-82License 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 approved activities for the licensed facility without possessing an individual oyster catcher license. Authorized employees shall meet the requirements for harvest in accordance with all other rules of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the state Department of Public Health. The license shall expire annually on September 30 and shall be two hundred fifty dollars ($250). (c) A violation of this section shall be a Class C misdemeanor. (d) The proceeds from the sale of the license shall be deposited to the credit of the Marine Resources Fund and the license shall expire on September 30 of each year. (Acts 1953, No. 796, p. 1089, §1; Acts 1981, No. 81-850, p. 1528, §1; Acts 1984, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-48, p. 71, §1; Acts 1988, No. 88-577, p. 897, §2; Act 2018-452, §1.)
AL Code § 9-12-83 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 2 - Seafoods.|Division 2 - Licenses Generally.|Section 9-12-83 - License Required for Taking of Oysters for Commercial Purposes; Penalty; Disposition of Proceeds From Sale of Licenses - Disposition of Proceeds From Sale.

Section 9-12-83License required for taking of oysters for commercial purposes; penalty; disposition of proceeds from sale of licenses - Disposition of proceeds from sale. All moneys accruing from the sale of such licenses shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Seafoods Fund. (Acts 1953, No. 796, p. 1089, §2.)
AL Code § 9-12-85 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 2 - Seafoods.|Division 2 - Licenses Generally.|Section 9-12-85 - Affidavits of Applicants for Licenses for Boats or Vessels.

Section 9-12-85Affidavits of applicants for licenses for boats or vessels. When application is made for a license for any boat or vessel which is not enrolled in the customhouse of the United States, other than skiffs or vessels of one ton burden or less, the applicant for such license shall make an affidavit as to the tonnage of said boat or vessel before some officer authorized to administer oaths, which affidavit shall be attached to his application for a license. For this purpose any member of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the Director, Marine Resources Division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, and all inspectors are authorized to administer the necessary oath for said affidavit. It shall be the duty of the Director, Marine Resources Division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to verify the said affidavit by having the measurement of said boat taken when he shall be of the opinion that any boat is not paying a proper license fee. (Acts 1936-37, Ex. Sess., No. 169, p. 192, §15; Code 1940, T. 8, §136.)
AL Code § 9-12-87 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 2 - Seafoods.|Division 2 - Licenses Generally.|Section 9-12-87 - License for Dredge.

Section 9-12-87License for dredge. Every dredge authorized to be used in catching or removing oysters from the public reefs, beds or bottoms of this state shall be licensed by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Before such license is issued, the applicant shall pay to the department of conservation and natural resources or its duly authorized agent a fee of $25.00 for each and every dredge used in taking or catching oysters. The license so issued shall be dated and shall be effective only for the season issued and then only in a manner and place and at a time under regulations and authority of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. (Acts 1936-37, Ex. Sess., No. 169, p. 192, §21; Code 1940, T. 8, §140.)
AL Code § 9-12-93 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 2 - Seafoods.|Division 2 - Licenses Generally.|Section 9-12-93 - License for Boat Used for Taking or Carrying Shrimp.

Section 9-12-93License 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 five gallons per person aboard per day only at the same time and in waters open to commercial shrimping. Nonresidents shall pay a license fee equal to that paid by Alabama residents or boats to shrimp in their state but no less than double the amount provided for above, except where a nonresident is a resident of a state which has a reciprocal fishing agreement with the State of Alabama where the state does not itself charge residents of Alabama license fees in excess of those charged residents of that state. All proceeds from licenses under this section shall be placed to the credit of the Marine Resources Fund. (Acts 1936-37, Ex. Sess., No. 169, p. 192; Code 1940, T. 8, §155; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 106, p. 2026, §1; Acts 1988, No. 88-577, p. 897, §4; Acts 1994, No. 94-618, p. 1150, §1.)
AL Code § 9-12-94 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 2 - Seafoods.|Division 2 - Licenses Generally.|Section 9-12-94 - Persons Taking Oysters or Shrimp to Have Licenses in Possession.

Section 9-12-94Persons taking oysters or shrimp to have licenses in possession. All persons to whom a license is issued to catch oysters or shrimp must have the same constantly in their possession while taking oysters or shrimp, and it shall be unlawful to take oysters or shrimp unless a properly issued license to do so is in the possession of the person operating a boat engaged in taking oysters or shrimp or other persons engaged therein. (Acts 1919, No. 259, p. 242, §21; Code 1923, §2756; Code 1940, T. 8, §124.)
AL Code § 9-12-95 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 2 - Seafoods.|Division 2 - Licenses Generally.|Section 9-12-95 - Commercial Party Boat License; Fee; Requirements; Expiration; Penalty.

Section 9-12-95Commercial 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 issued shall also be issued identification decals in the form and number as determined by the Division of Marine Resources of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The licensees shall place and maintain the decals in the locations on the commercial party boats as specified by the Division of Marine Resources. (b) Any person who is entitled to purchase a commercial party boat license may procure the license by applying to any judge of probate, license commissioner, or any other authorized officer, stating his or her name, age, and post office box address, and paying to the issuing officer the required fee for the license. (c) Any license issued pursuant to this section shall not be transferable, and it shall be unlawful to borrow, lend, or alter any license. No license-issuing officer may back date any license. All licenses shall expire on September 30 of each year. (d) Any violation of this section shall be a Class C misdemeanor punishable as provided by law and with an additional mandatory fine of twice the amount of the required license. (e) The net revenues derived from the sale of licenses pursuant to this section, shall be remitted to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources on the first day of each month by the issuing officer and shall be deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the Marine Resource Fund. Those revenues shall be used solely for the development, protection, and propagation of saltwater sport fisheries in this state. (Acts 1992, No. 92-245, p. 593, §§1 to 5.)
AL Code § 9-12-110 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 2 - Seafoods.|Division 3 - Additional Regulations.|Section 9-12-110 - Size of Mesh of Seines, Nets or Trawls Used for Taking of Saltwater Fish, Baits, Etc.

Section 9-12-110Size of mesh of seines, nets or trawls used for taking of saltwater fish, baits, etc. It shall be unlawful to have in possession or use for the taking of saltwater fish or other seafoods seines, nets or trawls with a mesh of a size other than that prescribed by the rules and regulations of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources of the State of Alabama, where practical, to conform with Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida laws. All measurements of seines, nets and trawls are to be taken from knot to knot after said nets have been tarred and shrunk. The size of the mesh of all seines, nets and trawls and the size of other devices which are used for the sole purpose of taking minnows, shrimp or other baits for use as bait shall conform to the rules and regulations of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources of the State of Alabama. (Acts 1943, No. 587, p. 590, §1.)
AL Code § 9-12-111 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 2 - Seafoods.|Division 3 - Additional Regulations.|Section 9-12-111 - Lengths or Widths of Seines, Nets, and Trawls.

Section 9-12-111Lengths 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 or any regulation promulgated pursuant to this section shall be strictly liable and it shall not be necessary to prove any criminal intent for conviction. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to have in use any trawl or trawls, for the taking of shrimp or other seafoods, the total width of which exceeds the measurement as set by regulation. (Acts 1943, No. 587, p. 590, §2; Acts 1953, No. 715, p. 969, §1; Acts 1995, No. 95-287, p. 535, §1.)
AL Code § 9-12-112 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 2 - Seafoods.|Division 3 - Additional Regulations.|Section 9-12-112 - Garfish Taken to Be Killed Before Returning to Waters.

Section 9-12-112Garfish taken to be killed before returning to waters. Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. (Acts 1943, No. 587, p. 590, §3.)
AL Code § 9-12-113.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 2 - Seafoods.|Division 3 - Additional Regulations.|Section 9-12-113.1 - Selling, Buying, Trading, or Bartering Certain Saltwater Game Fish Prohibited.

Section 9-12-113.1Selling, buying, trading, or bartering certain saltwater game fish prohibited. No person shall do, or attempt to do, any of the following: sell, trade, or barter, or buy, trade for, or barter for, any saltwater game fish specified in Section 9-12-113 or by regulation of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The first offense of this section shall be a Class B misdemeanor with a mandatory minimum fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000). Any subsequent offenses shall be a Class A misdemeanor with a mandatory minimum fine of two thousand dollars ($2,000), plus forfeiture of vehicle used in transporting the game fish. Any person violating this section or any regulation promulgated pursuant to this section shall be strictly liable and it shall not be necessary to prove any criminal intent for conviction. (Acts 1995, No. 95-287, p. 535, §3.)
AL Code § 9-12-115 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 2 - Seafoods.|Division 3 - Additional Regulations.|Section 9-12-115 - Reports of Seafood Dealers.

Section 9-12-115Reports of seafood dealers. Each and every person, firm, or corporation holding a seafood dealer's license issued by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources or his or her authorized agent shall under oath make a monthly report to the Director of the Marine Resources Division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources on blanks provided for that purpose by the director, which report shall show in detail the weight in pounds of each species of fish purchased from commercial fishermen during the preceding month. The reports required by this section shall be in the hands of the director by the tenth day of each month for the immediately previous month, and willful failure or refusal to make the report by the required date or upon notification by the director that the report has not been received or the filing of a false report shall be deemed a violation of this section, and the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall have the discretion to suspend or cancel the dealer's license until the provisions of this section are complied with, and the license shall not be used by any person, firm, or corporation until the dealer's license is restored by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources. The commissioner may, by regulation, require reports on a more frequent basis for those species managed under a quota system, with the same penalty provisions applicable for failure or refusal to report. The commissioner may by regulation, require the reports to be formatted to comply with gulf-wide trip tickets. (Acts 1943, No. 587, p. 590, §6; Acts 1995, No. 95-287, p. 535, §4.)
AL Code § 9-12-115.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 2 - Seafoods.|Division 3 - Additional Regulations.|Section 9-12-115.1 - Landing and Reporting Requirements for Certain Saltwater Finfish and Other Seafood Products.

Section 9-12-115.1Landing and reporting requirements for certain saltwater finfish and other seafood products. All saltwater finfish commercially harvested in the State of Alabama, except those lawfully taken by purse seine, shall be landed in this state and reported through a properly licensed Alabama seafood dealer. Other seafood products commercially harvested in this state shall be landed in this state, or in lieu thereof any subject person shall comply with any reporting procedures established by regulation of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby authorized to promulgate regulations which provide for and require reporting procedures for both resident and nonresident Alabama commercial fishermen who sell or land seafood products other than finfish outside the State of Alabama. Upon determination by the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources that any subject person has failed to report as required, the commissioner may revoke any relevant commercial seafood license or permit he or she deems appropriate. Any person who violates this section or any regulation promulgated pursuant to this section, shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be punished as provided in Sections 13A-5-7 and 13A-5-12. Any person so convicted shall be fined not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000). Any person violating this section shall be strictly liable and it shall not be necessary to prove any criminal intent for conviction. (Acts 1995, No. 95-287, p. 535, §5.)
AL Code § 9-12-116 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 2 - Seafoods.|Division 3 - Additional Regulations.|Section 9-12-116 - Refusal to Open Place of Business or Boat for Inspection; Agreement, Conspiracy, etc., to Evade Provisions of Article, Etc.

Section 9-12-116Refusal to open place of business or boat for inspection; agreement, conspiracy, etc., to evade provisions of article, etc. It shall be unlawful for any packer, commissionman, dealer, shipper or boatman to refuse to open his place of business or boat where fish, oysters or other seafoods may be dumped, kept or stored, except his actual residence, for inspection by any officer whose duty it is to inspect same or to conspire or agree with any person to evade any of the provisions of this article or any laws hereafter enacted or to knowingly connive or participate in any such violation. A violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor, and any person, firm or corporation so violating shall be punished by a fine of not less than $25.00 nor more than $50.00 for each offense. (Acts 1943, No. 587, p. 590, §7.)
AL Code § 9-12-117 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 2 - Seafoods.|Division 3 - Additional Regulations.|Section 9-12-117 - Possession, Operation or Use of Illegal Tackle, Illegal Fishing Devices or Unlicensed Boats or Vessels.

Section 9-12-117Possession, operation or use of illegal tackle, illegal fishing devices or unlicensed boats or vessels. Possession or operation of any illegal tackle or any illegal fishing devices or use of any boat or vessel that is not licensed as required by this article shall be considered prima facie evidence that it is kept or used for unlawful purposes, and such possession or operation or use shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $25.00 nor more than $500.00. (Acts 1943, No. 587, p. 590, §8.)
AL Code § 9-12-118 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 2 - Seafoods.|Division 3 - Additional Regulations.|Section 9-12-118 - Issuance of Licenses - Persons Authorized; Record.

Section 9-12-118Issuance of licenses - Persons authorized; record. The judge of probate, the commissioner of licenses or such person not residing at the county seat in which the county courthouse is located and duly appointed by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources and so authorized by him shall have authority to issue all licenses, resident or nonresident, to all persons complying with the provisions of this article, and shall sign his name and shall require the person to whom the license is issued to sign his name on the margin thereof. The person or persons issuing said license shall keep in a book or on specially prepared sheets to be furnished by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources a correct and complete record of all licenses issued, which record shall remain in his office and be open to inspection by the public at all reasonable times. (Acts 1943, No. 587, p. 590, §9.)
AL Code § 9-12-119 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 2 - Seafoods.|Division 3 - Additional Regulations.|Section 9-12-119 - Issuance of Licenses - Fees of Issuing Authorities.

Section 9-12-119Issuance of licenses - Fees of issuing authorities. Judges of probate and other persons authorized and designated to issue licenses shall charge for each license issued under the provisions of this article $1.00 in addition to the prescribed cost for each license issued, which amount shall cover services required by the provisions of this article, and shall remit the balance to the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources to the credit of the Marine Resources Fund on the first of each month. Said judges of probate and all other duly authorized and designated persons shall report to the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources of the State of Alabama on the first day of each month the number and kind of licenses issued under this article and the name and post office address of the person or persons to whom issued, giving opposite each name the serial number of the license so issued and the amount of money remitted; provided, however, that if any such license is issued by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources or by any probate judge or other officer who is paid a salary for the performance of his duties as such officer, he shall be required to remit the entire amount collected to the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, except the amount charged by the issuing officer for the issuance of such license, and this amount shall be remitted to the treasurer of the county in which said license was paid. On October 1 of each year or within 10 days thereafter, each officer or person to whom licenses have been so issued shall return to the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources all unused licenses and all stubs of licenses issued during the preceding fiscal year. (Acts 1943, No. 587, p. 590, §10; Acts 1988, No. 88-577, p. 897, §1.)