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AL Code § 9-12-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 2 - Seafoods.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 9-12-30 - Patrolling of Private Oyster Reefs.

Section 9-12-30Patrolling of private oyster reefs. The Director, Marine Resources Division, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby authorized and it shall be his duty to patrol or cause to be patrolled from time to time as he may see fit all those areas in Alabama territorial waters upon which are located private oyster reefs to prevent the illegal taking or removal by unauthorized persons of oysters on said private reefs. (Acts 1959, No. 509, p. 1246, §1.)
AL Code § 9-12-31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 2 - Seafoods.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 9-12-31 - Boarding of Boats, etc., and Entrance Into Places of Business to Investigate Compliance With Laws.

Section 9-12-31Boarding 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 1940, T. 8, §149.)
AL Code § 9-12-32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 2 - Seafoods.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 9-12-32 - Surveys and Marking of Private Reefs; Filing of Plats and Lists of Agents and Permittees; Agents and Permittees to Carry Permits.

Section 9-12-32Surveys and marking of private reefs; filing of plats and lists of agents and permittees; agents and permittees to carry permits. It shall be the duty of each owner or lessee of any private reef to have established an accurate survey by a registered surveyor of the bottoms, beds, or reefs under his or her control, and each corner shall be clearly marked and defined with the owner's or lessee's name clearly attached. There shall also be established intermediate markers between the corners, the distance between which shall not exceed 600 feet extending from each corner of the private bed, bottom, or reef to the adjacent corner, and also from the outside corner every 600 feet to the high water mark on the associated beach, bank, or marsh edge. The plat of this area, including GPS coordinates of area corners, and any lease agreements or proof of right of ownership shall be filed with the Division of Marine Resources together with the list of any persons using the bed, bottom, or reef as the owner's agent or permittee. Plats and lease agreements shall be provided to the division in such a manner as to remain current. The director of the division may require private oyster leases to be resurveyed every five years or at any time the director determines that the private leased area has substantially changed. The agent or permittee shall have in his or her possession at all times while on the bed, bottom, or reef a written, dated permit from the owner, which permit shall extend for a period not exceeding 30 days from the date of signature of the owner or lessor. Failure of the permittee or agent to have the permit in his or her possession shall constitute a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, he or she shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) and may be imprisoned for a period not exceeding six months. (Acts 1959, No. 509, p. 1246, §2; Act 2010-699, p. 1692, §1.)
AL Code § 9-12-33 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 2 - Seafoods.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 9-12-33 - Culling and Sacking of Oysters.

Section 9-12-33Culling and sacking of oysters. (a) All oysters taken from the public reefs of this state shall be culled and sacked, and each sack tagged and identified in accordance with the requirements of the rules of the state Department of Public Health, prior to leaving the public reefs or water bottoms where taken or oyster management stations, and all oysters which measure less than three inches in length and all cultch material shall be immediately replaced by scattering and broadcasting upon the public reefs or water bottoms from which they have been taken. It shall be unlawful for any captain or person in charge of any vessel or any canner, packer, commission man, dealer, or other person to purchase, sell, or have in his or her possession or under his or her control any oysters off the public reefs or water bottoms not culled according to this section, or any oysters from the reefs or water bottoms under the legal size. Any excess of over five percent of cultch material and oysters under the size prescribed in this section shall be considered a violation of this section. In order that the conservation enforcement officer may arrive at the percentage of unculled oysters the officer may cause to be culled according to law all or any part of cargo or stock on hand, provided that, if any sack in the cargo or stock on hand is found to contain more than 10 percent of cultch material and oysters under three inches in length, it is a violation of this section and the officer may condemn the cargo and stock on hand and cause the same to be reculled and cause the shells and young oysters to be taken to some place designated by an agent of the Division of Marine Resources. (b) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section or any rule promulgated hereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction for his or her first offense, he or she shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200). Upon a second conviction thereof, he or she shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200) nor more than three hundred dollars ($300). Upon a third conviction within two years of the first conviction, he or she shall be punished by a fine of not less than three hundred dollars ($300) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) and by the suspension of his or her commercial oyster license privileges for six months. (Acts 1936-37, Ex. Sess., No. 169, p. 192, §9; Code 1940, T. 8, §131; Acts 1945, No. 307, p. 500, §1; Acts 1953, No. 708, p. 964, §1; Acts 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 25, p. 192; Act 2010-699, p. 1692, §1.)
AL Code § 9-12-34 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 2 - Seafoods.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 9-12-34 - Taking of Seed Oysters From Public Reefs; Designation of Seed Oyster Fishing Areas, Etc.

Section 9-12-34Taking of seed oysters from public reefs; designation of seed oyster fishing areas, etc. Repealed by Act 2010-699, p. 1692, §2, effective July 1, 2010. (Acts 1936-37, Ex. Sess., No. 169, p. 192, §10; Code 1940, T. 8, §132; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 105, p. 2026, §1.)
AL Code § 9-12-35 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 2 - Seafoods.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 9-12-35 - Cultivation, Transplantation, or Replanting of Public Reefs.

Section 9-12-35Cultivation, transplantation, or replanting of public reefs. The Director of the Marine Resources Division, or his or her agents, under the direction and control of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, may cultivate, transplant, or replant the public reefs of the state or may employ boats, crews, and laborers to cultivate or replant the public reefs of the state and may employ boats, crews, and laborers to dredge the oysters in the Alabama waters from places where they are too thick and shall spread them on reefs where they are too thin, and the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, in cultivating the reefs, transplanting, and spreading oysters and shells, may expend such sums as it may deem proper. (Acts 1936-37, Ex. Sess., No. 169, p. 192, §11; Code 1940, T. 8, §133; Act 2010-699, p. 1692, §1.)
AL Code § 9-12-36 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 2 - Seafoods.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 9-12-36 - Taking of Oysters by Use of Mechanical Devices at Night.

Section 9-12-36Taking of oysters by use of mechanical devices at night. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to fish, catch or take oysters from any of the oyster reefs in the State of Alabama by the use of any tongs, dredge, rake or other mechanical device during the hours between sunset and sunrise of each day. (Acts 1936-37, Ex. Sess., No. 169, p. 192, § 13; Code 1940, T. 8, §134.)
AL Code § 9-12-37 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 2 - Seafoods.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 9-12-37 - Use of Mechanical Rake Dredges, etc., Dredge License.

Section 9-12-37Use of mechanical rake dredges, etc., dredge license. Owners of private oyster reefs, beds, or bottoms and the lessees or designated permittees of such reefs, beds, or bottoms may use any mechanical means at their disposal and at any time between the hours of sunrise and sunset, including the use of mechanical rake dredges, to cultivate and harvest or remove live oysters of any size upon or from such grounds. Such a person shall first obtain a dredge license as provided in Section 9-12-87. The license may be revoked by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources if any violation of any statute or rule relating to the use of the mechanical devices occurs, and the commissioner may thereafter refuse to issue a new license to the person. (Acts 1959, No. 632, p. 1538, §1; Act 2010-699, p. 1692, §1.)
AL Code § 9-12-38 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 2 - Seafoods.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 9-12-38 - Laws and Regulations Governing Operators of Private Reefs Utilizing Seed Oysters From Public Reefs; Notice of Location and Disposition of Seed Oysters on Private Reefs.

Section 9-12-38Laws and regulations governing operators of private reefs utilizing seed oysters from public reefs; notice of location and disposition of seed oysters on private reefs. Repealed by Act 2010-699, p. 1692, §2, effective July 1, 2010.  (Acts 1959, No. 632, p. 1538, §2.)
AL Code § 9-12-39 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 2 - Seafoods.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 9-12-39 - Purchase of Seed Oysters From Public Reefs by Private Individuals, Etc.

Section 9-12-39Purchase of seed oysters from public reefs by private individuals, etc. Repealed by Act 2010-699, p. 1692, §2, effective July 1, 2010. (Acts 1959, No. 632, p. 1538, §3; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 107, p. 2027, §1.)
AL Code § 9-12-40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 2 - Seafoods.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 9-12-40 - Supervision of Taking of Oysters by Rake Dredges; Notice of Use of Rake Dredges.

Section 9-12-40Supervision of taking of oysters by rake dredges; notice of use of rake dredges. The taking of live oysters by means of rake dredges as provided for in Sections 9-12-37 through 9-12-41 shall be under the supervision of the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, and all rights granted to any person, firm or corporation by the provisions of Sections 9-12-37 through 9-12-41 may be exercised only after written notice shall have been given in each instance to the Division of Marine Resources by the person, firm or corporation desiring to use rake dredges as provided in Sections 9-12-37 through 9-12-41. (Acts 1959, No. 632, p. 1538, §4.)
AL Code § 9-12-41 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 2 - Seafoods.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 9-12-41 - Harvesting of Undersized Oysters.

Section 9-12-41Harvesting of undersized oysters. Should the private individual, firm or corporation operating under the conditions set forth in Section 9-12-39 or any of the permittees of said individual, firm or corporation be found guilty of harvesting undersize oysters as provided for by regulations governing the harvesting of oysters from public beds, bottoms or reefs on any beds, bottoms or reefs belonging to another individual, firm or corporation or on a public reef, bottom or bed, the conditions and privileges set forth in Section 9-12-39 shall be voided and withdrawn to said individual, firm or corporation and shall not be renewed for a period of one calendar year from the date of the conviction of said individual, firm or corporation or any of its permittees. (Acts 1959, No. 632, p. 1538, §5.)
AL Code § 9-12-42 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 2 - Seafoods.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 9-12-42 - Duty to Replant Oysters and Oyster Shells on Public Reefs; Option to Pay Replanting Costs, etc.; Penalties.

Section 9-12-42Duty to replant oysters and oyster shells on public reefs; option to pay replanting costs, etc.; penalties. (a) The Marine Resources Division may establish by rule a shell fee to be used for the replanting of oyster cultch material on the public reefs of this state or for otherwise managing the oyster resources of this state. This fee shall be charged on a per sack basis to all seafood dealers who are purchasing oysters directly from the harvester. The fee shall be calculated and paid quarterly. The payment is due no later than one month after the end of the previous quarter. (b) The division shall establish an Oyster Management Fund and all monies paid to the department pursuant to the shell fee shall be deposited in this fund. The monies in this Oyster Management Fund shall be used by the division to replant cultch material on the public reefs of this state, to cultivate the public reefs of this state, or to otherwise manage the oyster resources of this state. (c) Should the person, firm, corporation, or association obligated to pay the shell fee fail to remit the fee to the division by the prescribed date, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources may immediately institute in its name appropriate legal proceedings in any court having jurisdiction thereof to enforce the collection and payment of such amount as may be due as computed by the department, and the seafood dealers license of such person, firm, corporation, or association so in default may be revoked, nor shall any license for any subsequent year or years be issued to the person, firm, corporation, or association as long as the default continues; and, in addition, the person, firm, corporation, or association in default shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500). (Acts 1923, No. 504, p. 672; Code 1923, §2769; Acts 1936-37, Ex. Sess., No. 169, p. 192; Code 1940, T. 8, §139; Acts 1943, No. 422, p. 388, §1; Acts 1945, No. 308, p. 501, §1; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 108, p. 2028, §1; Act 2010-699, p. 1692, §1.)
AL Code § 9-12-43 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 2 - Seafoods.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 9-12-43 - Taking of Oysters for Replanting on Private Reefs.

Section 9-12-43Taking of oysters for replanting on private reefs. Repealed by Act 2010-699, p. 1692, §2, effective July 1, 2010. (Acts 1923, No. 504, p. 672; Code 1923, §2769; Acts 1936-37, Ex. Sess., No. 169, p. 192; Code 1940, T. 8, §139; Acts 1943, No. 422, p. 388, §1; Acts 1945, No. 308, p. 501, §1; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 108, p. 2028, §1.)
AL Code § 9-12-44 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 2 - Seafoods.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 9-12-44 - Tax on Oysters Harvested From Private Reefs for Commercial Purposes.

Section 9-12-44Tax on oysters harvested from private reefs for commercial purposes. Repealed by Act 2010-699, p. 1692, §2, effective July 1, 2010. (Acts 1923, No. 504, p. 672; Code 1923, §2769; Acts 1936-37, Ex. Sess., No. 169, p. 192; Code 1940, T. 8, §139; Acts 1943, No. 422, p. 388, §1; Acts 1945, No. 308, p. 501, §1; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 108, p. 2028, §1.)
AL Code § 9-12-45 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 2 - Seafoods.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 9-12-45 - Tax on Terrapins Caught, etc., for Commercial Purposes; Minimum Legal Size; Possession of Undersized Terrapins.

Section 9-12-45Tax on terrapins caught, etc., for commercial purposes; minimum legal size; possession of undersized terrapins. Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. (Acts 1923, No. 504, p. 672; Code 1923, §2769; Acts 1936-37, Ex. Sess., No. 169, p. 192; Code 1940, T. 8, §139; Acts 1943, No. 422, p. 388, §1; Acts 1945, No. 308, p. 501, §1; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 108, p. 2028, §1.)
AL Code § 9-12-46 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 2 - Seafoods.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 9-12-46 - Minimum Weight of Shrimp Taken, etc., for Commercial Purposes; Possession, Sale, etc., of Nonconforming Shrimp.

Section 9-12-46Minimum weight of shrimp taken, etc., for commercial purposes; possession, sale, etc., of nonconforming shrimp. (a) The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall set by rule areas that are closed for commercial and recreational shrimping subject to the restrictions provided in subsection (b). (b)(1) All inside waters, as defined by rules adopted by the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, shall be closed to all commercial and recreational shrimping from 6:00 a.m., May 1, to 6:00 a.m., June 1 of each year. (2) The portion of Mobile Bay that lies within the described area from Mayday Park to Great Point Clear, as defined by rule, shall be closed to commercial and recreational shrimping from 6:00 a.m., August 15, until 6:00 a.m. October 1 of each year. (c) The commissioner may provide for emergency open or closed seasons for the taking of shrimp due to biological, technical, or environmental factors or for the protection of public health and welfare. (d) Any person, firm, corporation or association who or which violates this section shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor, punishable as provided by law. (e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to shrimp which are used solely as bait. (Acts 1939, No. 565, p. 891, §1; Code 1940, T. 8, §161; Acts 1947, No. 49, p. 16, §1; Acts 1951, No. 931, p. 1599, §1; Acts 1967, No. 569, p. 1322, §1.)
AL Code § 9-12-47 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 2 - Seafoods.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 9-12-47 - Condemnation, Disposition, etc., of Shrimp Not Fit for Human Consumption.

Section 9-12-47Condemnation, 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.)
AL Code § 9-12-49 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 2 - Seafoods.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 9-12-49 - Importation of Shrimp Into State.

Section 9-12-49Importation of shrimp into state. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, by regulation, may permit shrimp regardless of size to be imported into this state when such shrimp are legally taken from the waters of another state; provided, that any such shrimp when permitted by regulation to be imported into this state must be accompanied by satisfactory proof that such shrimp were legally taken within the territorial waters of another state. (Acts 1953, No. 707, p. 964, § 1.)
AL Code § 9-12-50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 2 - Seafoods.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 9-12-50 - Regulation of Transportation of Raw Oysters and Shrimp Beyond Boundaries of State.

Section 9-12-50Regulation of transportation of raw oysters and shrimp beyond boundaries of state. The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall have the authority to regulate the time, manner and means for transporting raw oysters or shrimp, except headless or canned shrimp and canned, processed oysters, beyond the boundaries of the State of Alabama and to require all persons, firms, corporations or associations to come to a designated port of entry and then and there pay all taxes on such oysters or shrimp as have been caught within the waters of the State of Alabama and then and there to pay all taxes on such oysters or shrimp before the same are moved or transported or attempted to be moved beyond the boundaries of the state. (Acts 1936-37, Ex. Sess., p. 169, p. 192, § 29; Code 1940, T. 8, § 148.)
AL Code § 9-12-51 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 2 - Seafoods.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 9-12-51 - Tax on Shrimp Taken for Canning, Drying or Shipping Within State.

Section 9-12-51Tax on shrimp taken for canning, drying or shipping within state. It shall be unlawful to catch or market saltwater shrimp for commercial purposes, that is, for canning, drying or shipping within the state, unless a tax of $.12 per barrel is paid by the person, firm or corporation catching the same for the purpose of canning, drying or shipping or purchasing the same from independent shrimp fishermen for the purpose of canning, drying or shipping, and said tax shall be paid at the Division of Marine Resources headquarters not later than the fifth day of each month. Any person, firm or corporation who is delinquent in paying such tax as provided in this section will be assessed a penalty in the amount of 10 percent of the total tax due and shall also be assessed, as interest, an amount equal to six percent per annum of the sum of the delinquent tax. The said tax each month must be accompanied by a form supplied by the Division of Marine Resources, stating thereon the number of barrels of shrimp handled by said person, firm or corporation during the preceding month, and said tax shall be considered delinquent unless accompanied by said form. (Acts 1931, No. 361, p. 424, § 8; Acts 1936-37, Ex. Sess., No. 169, p. 192; Acts 1939, No. 564, p. 889, § 1; Code 1940, T. 8, §157; Acts 1953, No. 714, p. 968, § 1.)