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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 2 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Licenses Generally. › Section 9-11-68 - Cost Adjustments - Hunting and Fishing Licenses.

Section 9-11-68
Cost adjustments - Hunting and fishing licenses.
Beginning with the license year October 1, 2010, and each license year thereafter, those license fees and issuance fees specified in Act 2007-418 shall be subject to a possible cost adjustment based on the following procedure: By the end of November of 2009, and each November thereafter, the Director of the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, with the approval of the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, may submit to the Chair of the Advisory Board of Conservation and Natural Resources, a recommendation of an increase in both the license fees and issuance fees for the licenses, based on the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) (All Items - U.S. City Average) maintained by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, for the immediately preceding yearly period of October to October, rounded down to the nearest nickel. The recommendation shall be subject to the approval of the Advisory Board of Conservation and Natural Resources on or before the end of March of each year. If the increase is approved by the Advisory Board of Conservation and Natural Resources, the board through its secretary, by the end of March of each year, shall submit the board's recommendation to the Chair of the Legislative Council, for the Legislative Council's review and approval. In the event the recommendation is not disapproved by the Legislative Council by the end of April of each year, the recommendation of the board shall be deemed to be approved. In the event one or more years elapses during which there is no adjustment as provided for herein, the same procedure may be followed to obtain a net cumulative increase since the previous increase.
(Act 2007-418, p. 874, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 2 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Licenses Generally. › Section 9-11-69 - Cost Adjustments - Saltwater Fishing Licenses.

Section 9-11-69
Cost adjustments - Saltwater fishing licenses.
Beginning with the license year October 1, 2010, and each license year thereafter, those license fees and issuance fees specified in Sections 9-11-53.1, 9-11-53.5, and 9-11-55.2, shall be subject to a cost adjustment based on the following procedure: By the end of November of 2009, and each November thereafter, the Director of the Division of Marine Resources of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, with the approval of the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, may submit to the Chair of the Advisory Board of Conservation and Natural Resources a recommendation of an increase in both the license fees and issuance fees for the licenses based on the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) (All Items - U.S. City Average) maintained by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, for the immediately preceding yearly period of October to October, rounded down to the nearest nickel. Such recommendation shall be subject to the approval of the Advisory Board of Conservation and Natural Resources on or before the end of March of each year. If the increase is approved by the advisory board, the board through its secretary, by the end of March of each year, shall submit the board's recommendation to the Legislative Council for the Legislative Council's review and approval. In the event the recommendation is not approved by the Legislative Council by the end of April of each year, the recommendation of the board shall be deemed to be approved. In the event one or more years elapses during which there is no adjustment as provided for herein, the same procedure may be followed to obtain a net cumulative increase since the previous increase.
(Act 2007-419, p. 874, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 2 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Licenses Generally. › Section 9-11-70 - Hunting, Fishing, or Trapping With Revoked or Suspended License; Licenses Not Transferable; Penalties.

Section 9-11-70
Hunting, fishing, or trapping with revoked or suspended license; licenses not transferable; penalties.
(a) No person shall hunt, fish, or trap in areas or under any conditions that a hunting, fishing, or trapping license is required by law, during any period that the person's hunting, fishing, and trapping privileges pursuant to the license have been revoked or suspended by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(b) Unless specifically otherwise authorized by law, all hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses issued pursuant to this chapter shall not be transferable, and it shall be unlawful to borrow, lend, or alter any such license, provide false information in the process of obtaining any such license, or for any license-issuing officer to falsify any license at the time of issuing the license.
(c) A violation of this section shall be a Class B misdemeanor punishable as provided by law.
(Act 2007-418, p. 874, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 2 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Licenses Generally. › Section 9-11-71 - Wildlife Heritage License.

Section 9-11-71
Wildlife heritage license.
(a) There is established a wildlife heritage license. This license shall have a fee of nine dollars ($9), plus an issuance fee of one dollar ($1), which fees shall be subject to adjustment as provided for in Section 9-11-68, if purchased separately from one of the other licenses. The wildlife heritage license shall enable all Alabama residents age 16 through 64 years to do the following: Fish those waters under the jurisdiction of the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries as provided under Rule 220-2-.42, Alabama Administrative Code, with a hook and line from the bank in other than the person's county of residence; fish in Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries operated public fishing lakes, provided that the person obtains the required permit; hunt small game, except waterfowl, on Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Wildlife Management Areas; shoot on Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries shooting ranges; and provide a means to contribute to the conservation of all wildlife species. The requirements for the issuance of the wildlife heritage license shall be as provided in subsection (c) of Section 9-11-44. The wildlife heritage license may be issued on a lifetime basis for a license fee of two hundred dollars ($200) which shall include a one dollar ($1) issuance fee, which fees shall be subject to adjustment as provided for in Section 9-11-68.
(b) The initial five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) of license revenues accruing to the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries as a result of the licenses sold under this section shall be utilized by the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries for the purpose of research on wildlife and wildlife habitat as approved by the Advisory Board of Conservation and Natural Resources.
(Act 2007-418, p. 874, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 2 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Licenses Generally. › Section 9-11-72 - Violation of Rules Prohibiting Transportation and Release of Live Feral Swine.

Section 9-11-72
Violation of rules prohibiting transportation and release of live feral swine.
A violation of any rule of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources prohibiting the transportation and release of live feral swine shall be a Class B misdemeanor punishable as provided by law, except the defendant shall be subject to a mandatory minimum fine of not less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500).
(Act 2015-519, 1st Sp. Sess., §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 2 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Licenses Generally. › Section 9-11-73 - Resident Hunting or Fishing Licenses for Certain Nonresident Students.

Section 9-11-73
Resident hunting or fishing licenses for certain nonresident students.
(a) For purposes of this section, the following words have the following meanings:
(1) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION. An institution of higher education located in this state which meets the requirements of and conforms to the definitions contained in the federal Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, 20 United States Code, Section 1001(a) and the regulations, guidelines, and procedures promulgated by the U.S. Secretary of Education.
(2) NONRESIDENT STUDENT. A nonresident who is 17 years of age or older and under 24 years of age who is enrolled as a full-time student at an institution of higher education.
(b) A nonresident student who is enrolled at an institution of higher education may purchase any noncommercial resident hunting, fishing, or combination hunting and fishing license or permit issued pursuant to Chapters 11 and 12, except a lifetime resident hunting or fishing license or a combination lifetime resident hunting and fishing license, for the same fee as the respective resident license and shall have the same privileges as a resident holder of the same respective license or permit.
(c) In order to obtain a hunting, fishing, or combination hunting and fishing license or permit, a nonresident student shall submit proof that he or she is a nonresident student pursuant to rules adopted by the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
(Act 2017-92, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 3 - Fishing Laws. › Section 9-11-80 - Public and Private Waters Defined.

Section 9-11-80
Public and private waters defined.
(a) All waters of this state are hereby declared to be public waters if such waters are natural bodies of water such as rivers, creeks, brooks, lakes, bayous, bays, channels, canals or lagoons or are dug, dredged or blasted canals and if these waters traverse, bound, flow upon or through or touch lands title to which is held by more than one person, firm or corporation. Any water impounded by the construction of any lock or dam or other impounding device placed across the channel of a navigable stream is declared a public water. All waters caused to be impounded or owned or leased by any municipality, county or other governmental unit are also declared to be public waters; likewise, all impoundments owned or operated by public utilities when such impoundments touch or bound lands title to which is held by more than one person, firm or corporation are declared to be public waters; provided, that before any person may go or be upon the posted lands of another for the purpose of fishing he shall procure the consent of the landowner or his agent.
(b) Private waters are defined as any body of water wholly on lands held in fee or in trust or under lease by any one person, firm, corporation or club and include impoundments that are wholly on lands held in fee or in trust, or under lease by any one person, firm, corporation or club, and regardless of the extent of the impounded stream, provided such stream is nonnavigable.
(Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 72, p. 67; Code 1940, T. 8, §68; Acts 1943, No. 553, p. 541, § 1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 3 - Fishing Laws. › Section 9-11-81 - Title to Freshwater Fish Vested in State.

Section 9-11-81
Title to freshwater fish vested in state.
The title ownership to all fish in the public fresh waters of the State of Alabama is vested in the state for the purpose of regulating the use and disposition of the same in accordance with the provisions of the laws of this state and regulations based thereon.
(Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 72, p. 67, §1; Code 1940, T. 8, §59.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 3 - Fishing Laws. › Section 9-11-82 - Game Fish Designated.

Section 9-11-82
Game fish designated.
For the purposes of this title the following shall be considered game fish: largemouth and smallmouth black bass, commonly called trout or green trout; bream, crappie or perch and all other members of the sunfish family, including rock bass or goggle eye, calico bass, warmouth, redbreast, white perch, speckled perch, bluegill and copper nose; walleye pike, sauger or jack salmon, jack fish or pickerel and all other members of the pickerel and pike families; and white lake bass, commonly called striped bass, yellow bass and other members of the bass family; also, the saltwater striped bass or rock fish when taken in fresh water.
(Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 72, p. 67, § 2; Code 1940, T. 8, §60; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 192, p. 2165, § 1; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 239, p. 2252, § 1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 3 - Fishing Laws. › Section 9-11-83 - Commercial or Nongame Fish Designated.

Section 9-11-83
Commercial or nongame fish designated.
The following shall be considered commercial fish or nongame fish: drum, buffalo, channel catfish and all members of the catfish family and the spotted sucker and all members of the sucker family, including the species known as red horse and black horse.
(Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 72, p. 67, §8; Code 1940, T. 8, §61.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 3 - Fishing Laws. › Section 9-11-84 - Sale, Transportation, etc., of Game Fish Taken From Public or Private Waters.

Section 9-11-84
Sale, transportation, etc., of game fish taken from public or private waters.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale within this state, or ship or transport for sale within or without this state, or to ship into this state any game fish caught or taken in any of the fresh waters, whether public or private, of this state or any other state. All species of black bass, white bass, yellow bass, saltwater striped bass, bream, and pickerel, as well as walleye, sauger, black and white crappie, and yellow perch are designated game fish for the purpose of this section.
(b) This section shall not apply to the sale of game fish raised in hatcheries and sold for the purposes of stocking ponds and lakes, nor shall it apply to the sale of nonnative game fish raised for human consumption, nor shall it apply to the sale of yellow perch, largemouth bass, shellcracker, and bluegill bream raised in farm ponds; provided, that, prior to any sale provided for in this section, the seller shall have first obtained a permit for the sale from the Commissioner, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
(c) Nothing in this section shall prevent the practice of private pond owners or managers charging for game fish caught by fishermen from the pond when the charges are based on the number of fish caught or the total pounds caught.
(d) A violation of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor; and, upon conviction thereof, the person, firm, or corporation convicted shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each offense.
(Acts 1975, No. 1172, p. 2303, §§1-4; Act 2008-384, p. 714, §1; Act 2011-682, p. 2013, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 3 - Fishing Laws. › Section 9-11-85 - Game Fish to Be Transported Openly; Confiscation, etc., of Game Fish Taken or Transported Illegally.

Section 9-11-85
Game fish to be transported openly; confiscation, etc., of game fish taken or transported illegally.
All game fish taken in this state must at all times be carried or transported openly, and failure to do so shall constitute a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $10.00 nor more than $25.00. All game fish carried or transported in an illegal manner or taken or killed illegally shall be confiscated and disposed of under regulations promulgated by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources.
(Acts 1935, No. 383, p. 813, § 24; Code 1940, T. 8, §64.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 3 - Fishing Laws. › Section 9-11-86 - Limitation on Transportation, etc., of Game Fish Beyond Boundaries of State.

Section 9-11-86
Limitation on transportation, etc., of game fish beyond boundaries of state.
No person, firm, or corporation shall carry, ship, or transport beyond the boundaries of this state more than one day's creel limit of any species of game fish and then only for his or her personal use. Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250).
(Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 72, p. 67, §8; Code 1940, T. 8, §65; Act 2008-384, p. 714, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 3 - Fishing Laws. › Section 9-11-87 - Means of Catching Game Fish Generally.

Section 9-11-87
Means of catching game fish generally.
It shall be unlawful for any person to take, catch, or kill or attempt to take, catch, or kill any game fish by any other means than ordinary hook and line, artificial lure, troll, or spinner in any of the public waters of this state. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).
(Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 72, p. 67, §10; Code 1940, T. 8, §66; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 191, p. 2164, §1; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 298, p. 2360, §1; Act 2008-384, p. 714, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 3 - Fishing Laws. › Section 9-11-88 - Catching Game or Nongame Fish by Use of Gill, Trammel, etc., Nets.

Section 9-11-88
Catching game or nongame fish by use of gill, trammel, etc., nets.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to take, catch, capture, or kill any game or nongame fish by use of a gill, trammel, or similar type net in the waters impounded by Jordan Dam, Lay Dam, Mitchell Dam, and Martin Dam. Whoever violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as prescribed by law.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to take, catch, capture, or kill any game or nongame fish by use of a gill, trammel, or similar type net in that part of the Tennessee River lying within the boundaries of Alabama and all tributaries thereto. Any person violating this subsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment in the county jail for six months, or by both a fine and imprisonment.
(Acts 1973, No. 1234, p. 2081, §1; Acts 1976, No. 336, p. 366, §§1, 2; Act 2008-384, p. 714, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 3 - Fishing Laws. › Section 9-11-89 - Use of Game Fish for Bait - Generally.

Section 9-11-89
Use of game fish for bait - Generally.
It shall be unlawful for any person in the State of Alabama to use any game fish for fish bait at any time.
(Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 72, p. 67, §11; Code 1940, T. 8, §67.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 3 - Fishing Laws. › Section 9-11-90 - Use of Game Fish for Bait - Use of Sunfish.

Section 9-11-90
Use of game fish for bait - Use of sunfish.
It shall be lawful to use the following species of the sunfish family for bait in the streams and waters of Alabama: bluegill, redear sunfish, green sunfish and/or any other species of bream; provided, that nothing in this section shall be so construed as to allow any person to have in his possession any sunfish or bream in excess of the daily creel limit, regardless of size.
(Acts 1953, No. 644, p. 903, §1; Acts 1967, No. 572, p. 1327, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 3 - Fishing Laws. › Section 9-11-91 - Catching, etc., of Fish in Private Ponds, Lakes, Pools, or Reservoirs.

Section 9-11-91
Catching, etc., of fish in private ponds, lakes, pools, or reservoirs.
(a) It is unlawful for any person to take, catch, or kill or attempt to take, catch, or kill fish or aid in the taking, catching, or killing of fish of any species by the means or use of a seine, net, trap, or any similar or other device which may be used for taking, catching, killing, or stunning fish, or by the use of hook and line, rod and reel, by use of dynamite or other explosives, or by the use of any poison, poisonous substance, fishberries, lime, or other deleterious or poisonous matter in any private pond, private lake, private pool, or private reservoir of this state, except as otherwise specifically provided in this section.
(b) Any person who violates subsection (a) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be fined not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), but if the violation is for seining, netting, dynamiting, or poisoning fish in such private bodies of water, the fine shall be not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), and the convicted violator may also be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than six months at the discretion of the court.
(c) This section shall not apply to the owner of any private pond, private lake, private pool, or private reservoir, or to any member of his or her family, duly authorized agent, lessee, any other person holding from the owner specific written authorization, or any person who accompanies the owner or person in possession or control of such private body of water.
(d) Any federal or state agent engaged in research, restocking, or rescue work shall be exempt from this section, or any private fish culturist who holds a written permit from the owner or person in charge of the private pond, private lake, private pool, or private reservoir shall also be exempt.
(e) All money arising from fines, penalties, or forfeitures for violations of this section shall be forwarded to the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources by the trial court on the first day of each month and shall be covered into the Game and Fish Fund of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
(Acts 1951, No. 924, p. 1573, §§1-5; Act 2008-384, p. 714, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 3 - Fishing Laws. › Section 9-11-92 - Preventing Passage of Fish Up Rivers or Creeks.

Section 9-11-92
Preventing passage of fish up rivers or creeks.
Any person who by means of traps or other obstructions other than dams prevents the passage of fish up the waters of any river or creek in this state must, on conviction, be fined not more than $100.00, but it shall not be unlawful to erect or maintain a dam on a nonnavigable stream for the impounding of private waters for the production of fish for food and recreation or for the furtherance of any lawful business without providing or maintaining means for the passage of fish up such stream.
(Code 1886, §4167; Code 1896, §5587; Code 1907, §6898; Acts 1911, No. 364, p. 405; Code 1923, §4059; Code 1940, T. 8, §78; Acts 1943, No. 530, p. 505, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 3 - Fishing Laws. › Section 9-11-93 - Catching, Killing, etc., of Fish by Use of Poisons or Explosives.

Section 9-11-93
Catching, killing, etc., of fish by use of poisons or explosives.
Any person who takes, catches, kills, or attempts to take, catch, or kill fish by depositing in any public stream or public body of water in Alabama any poison, poisonous substance, fishberries, lime, or other deleterious or poisonous matter, or any person who takes, catches, kills, or attempts to take, catch, or kill fish in any of the public streams or public bodies of water in this state by the use of giant powder, dynamite, gunpowder, or any other explosive substance, on conviction, shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than two thousand dollars ($2,000), to be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the Game and Fish Fund of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
(Code 1852, §206; Code 1867, §3753; Code 1876, §4211; Code 1886, §4168; Code 1896, §5588; Code 1907, §6899; Code 1923, §4060; Code 1940, T. 8, §79; Acts 1947, No. 611, p. 458, §1; Act 2008-384, p. 714, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 3 - Fishing Laws. › Section 9-11-94 - Catching, Killing, etc., of Game or Nongame Fish by Means Not Expressly Allowed.

Section 9-11-94
Catching, killing, etc., of game or nongame fish by means not expressly allowed.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to take, catch, stun, or kill or attempt to take, catch, stun, or kill any game or nongame fish by any means other than those which are expressly allowed by law or regulation of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources in any of the public waters of this state.
(b) Any person who uses any electrical device or any other device or instrument capable of taking, catching, stunning, or killing game or nongame fish, which is not expressly allowed by law or regulation of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall be in violation of this section, and the violation shall be punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than two thousand dollars ($2,000). Any person convicted the second time of violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than three thousand dollars ($3,000). The court, for any conviction, may also impose a jail sentence of not longer than six months.
(c) The possession of any electrical device or any other device or instrument, on the bank of a public stream or other public body of water or in a boat on such water which is capable of taking, catching, stunning, or killing fish and which device or instrument is not expressly allowed by law or regulation of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall be prima facie evidence that the device or instrument is being used illegally for the purpose of taking, catching, stunning, or killing or attempting to take, catch, stun, or kill game or nongame fish.
(Acts 1951, No. 786, p. 1384, §§1-3; Act 2008-384, p. 714, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 3 - Fishing Laws. › Section 9-11-94.1 - Purchase of Tags Required for Each Tarpon Taken, Killed, or Harvested.

Section 9-11-94.1
Purchase of tags required for each tarpon taken, killed, or harvested.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to possess or kill or harvest from the public waters of this state the fish commonly known as the tarpon (Megalops Atlanticus), and has been designated as the official state saltwater fish of the State of Alabama, pursuant to Section 1-2-8, without first obtaining from the Marine Resources Division of the State of Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources a tag which shall be affixed to the tarpon immediately upon the kill or harvest from the public waters of Alabama.
(b) The cost of the tags for the tarpon shall be $50 per tag, and the Marine Resources Division may promulgate rules and regulations concerning the sale of the tags and the quantity thereof which may be purchased by any person during one calendar year.
(c) Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $250 for each offense.
(Acts 1993, No. 93-750, p. 1487, §§1-3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 3 - Fishing Laws. › Section 9-11-95 - Disposition of Fines, Forfeitures, Etc.

Section 9-11-95
Disposition of fines, forfeitures, etc.
All money arising under the provisions of this article from fines, forfeitures, etc., and not otherwise provided for shall be forwarded to the Treasurer on the first day of each month and covered into the Game and Fish Fund.
(Code 1907, §6903; Code 1923, §4064; Code 1940, T. 8, §81.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 4 - Commercial Fishing in Public Impounded Waters and Navigable Streams. › Section 9-11-140 - Use of Commercial Fishing Gear in Public Impounded Waters and Navigable Streams - When, Where, and How Permitted.

Section 9-11-140
Use of commercial fishing gear in public impounded waters and navigable streams - When, where, and how permitted.
Any person engaged in the taking, killing or capturing of commercial or nongame fish from the public impounded waters and navigable streams of the State of Alabama may use in such commercial fishing operations hoop and fyke nets, seines, gill nets, trammel nets, setlines, trotlines, snaglines and lawful fish traps. However, all such nets, setlines, trotlines, snaglines and fish traps shall conform to the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources covering the same, who shall designate when, where and how same shall be used.
(Acts 1953, No. 784, p. 1069, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 4 - Commercial Fishing in Public Impounded Waters and Navigable Streams. › Section 9-11-141 - Use of Commercial Fishing Gear in Public Impounded Waters and Navigable Streams - License - Required Generally.

Section 9-11-141
Use of commercial fishing gear in public impounded waters and navigable streams - License - Required generally.
Prior to using any nets, seines, traps or other commercial fishing devices, as specified in this article, a person shall, except to the extent otherwise provided for in this article, have first secured a license permitting the use of such fishing gear, such license to be issued in the manner prescribed by this article.
(Acts 1953, No. 784, p. 1069, §1; Acts 1991, No. 91-580, p. 1067, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 4 - Commercial Fishing in Public Impounded Waters and Navigable Streams. › Section 9-11-142 - Use of Commercial Fishing Gear in Public Impounded Waters and Navigable Streams - License - Individual Licenses Required; Exception for Certain Assistants.

Section 9-11-142
Use of commercial fishing gear in public impounded waters and navigable streams - License - Individual licenses required; exception for certain assistants.
It is the intent of this article that the license provided herein for the taking of commercial or nongame fish from the public impounded waters and navigable streams of the State of Alabama shall be issued upon an individual basis only, and, except to the extent otherwise provided for in this article, each person engaging in such activities or operations shall be required to purchase said license. It is hereby provided, however, that each person licensed pursuant to the provisions of Sections 9-11-141 and 9-11-142 may be assisted by one "helper" or assistant, who shall, while in the course of such assistance, be located in the licensed person's boat and/or shall be accompanied by the licensed person at all times. While engaged in providing such assistance, said "helper" or assistant shall be exempt from the otherwise applicable licensing requirements of Sections 9-11-141 and 9-11-142.
(Acts 1953, No. 784, p. 1069, §1 1/2 ; Acts 1991, No. 91-580, p. 1067, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 4 - Commercial Fishing in Public Impounded Waters and Navigable Streams. › Section 9-11-143 - Use of Commercial Fishing Gear in Public Impounded Waters and Navigable Streams - License - Issuance; Fees; Records; Disposition of Fees.

Section 9-11-143
Use of commercial fishing gear in public impounded waters and navigable streams - License - Issuance; fees; records; disposition of fees.
The judge of probate, the commissioner of licenses or such person or persons duly appointed by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources and so authorized by him to issue the license provided by this article shall issue such a license to any resident of this state 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 license for the use of such commercial fishing gear as authorized under the provisions of this article shall be $100.00. A resident of the State of Alabama, as applicable to this article, shall be a person who has resided continuously in this state for 12 months next preceding the application for said license. The person or persons issuing said licenses 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. Judges of probate and other persons authorized and designated to issue licenses shall retain out of the money received for each license issued by them under the provisions of this article $1.00 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 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, that if any such license is issued by any probate judge, license commissioner or any 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.
(Acts 1953, No. 784, p. 1069, §4; Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 402, p. 545; Acts 1991, No. 91-580, p. 1067, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 4 - Commercial Fishing in Public Impounded Waters and Navigable Streams. › Section 9-11-144 - Use of Commercial Fishing Gear in Public Impounded Waters and Navigable Streams -License - Expiration.

Section 9-11-144
Use of commercial fishing gear in public impounded waters and navigable streams -License - Expiration.
Each license issued under the provisions of this article shall expire on September 30 of the year for which such license is issued.
(Acts 1953, No. 784, p. 1069, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 4 - Commercial Fishing in Public Impounded Waters and Navigable Streams. › Section 9-11-145 - Use of Commercial Fishing Gear in Public Impounded Waters and Navigable Streams - License - Forfeiture.

Section 9-11-145
Use of commercial fishing gear in public impounded waters and navigable streams - License - Forfeiture.
Upon conviction of any person for the violation of any of the provisions of this article, all licenses held by any such person to fish commercially or operate or use commercial fishing gear in the public impounded waters or navigable streams of this state shall be forfeited for a period of 12 months from the date of conviction.
(Acts 1953, No. 784, p. 1069, §10; Acts 1975, No. 1122, p. 2211, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 4 - Commercial Fishing in Public Impounded Waters and Navigable Streams. › Section 9-11-146 - Disposition of Proceeds From Sale of Licenses, Etc.

Section 9-11-146
Disposition of proceeds from sale of licenses, etc.
The proceeds from the sale of all licenses required by any of the provisions of this article and all other proceeds arising under this article shall be deposited to the credit of the Game and Fish Fund of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
(Acts 1953, No. 784, p. 1069, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 4 - Commercial Fishing in Public Impounded Waters and Navigable Streams. › Section 9-11-147 - Marking Location of and Identifying Fishing Gear.

Section 9-11-147
Marking location of and identifying fishing gear.
It shall be unlawful for any person to use any of the fishing gear mentioned in Section 9-11-141, except slat boxes, in the public impounded waters and navigable streams of this state without marking their location by buoys or floats and identifying such nets and lines by showing the license number in plain figures upon the buoys or floats. The license number must be attached to all seines and nets, and at least one such buoy shall bear the name and address of the owner. It shall be unlawful to use slat boxes in said waters without permanently affixing thereto a metal tag stating thereon the name, address and license number of the licensee operating and using each slat box.
(Acts 1953, No. 784, p. 1069, §2; Acts 1981, No. 81-351, p. 506, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 4 - Commercial Fishing in Public Impounded Waters and Navigable Streams. › Section 9-11-148 - Game Fish Taken to Be Returned to Waters; Possession of Game Fish by Commercial Fishermen.

Section 9-11-148
Game fish taken to be returned to waters; possession of game fish by commercial fishermen.
Should any species of fish designated by the laws or regulations of this state as game fish be taken from the public impounded waters or navigable streams of this state by the use of commercial fishing gear, such fish, without injury, shall be immediately returned to the waters from whence they were taken. The possession by commercial fishermen of any of such fish shall constitute a violation of the provisions of this article, and such possession by such commercial fishermen shall be prima facie evidence of the fact that such fish were taken by the use of commercial fishing gear.
(Acts 1953, No. 784, p. 1069, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 4 - Commercial Fishing in Public Impounded Waters and Navigable Streams. › Section 9-11-149 - Use of Fishing Gear Within One-Half Mile Below Lock or Dam.

Section 9-11-149
Use of fishing gear within one-half mile below lock or dam.
The use of the commercial fishing gear as designated in this article shall not be permitted within one-half mile below any lock or dam on any waters to which this article applies.
(Acts 1953, No. 784, p. 1069, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 4 - Commercial Fishing in Public Impounded Waters and Navigable Streams. › Section 9-11-150 - Use of Fishing Gear Within 100 Yards of Mouths of Streams, etc., Emptying Into Salt Waters or Bays.

Section 9-11-150
Use of fishing gear within 100 yards of mouths of streams, etc., emptying into salt waters or bays.
No person shall take or catch or attempt to take or catch any fish by means of any of the fishing gear designated in this article within 100 yards above or below the mouth of any of the streams, lakes, estuaries, bayous or rivers emptying into any of the salt waters or bays of this state.
(Acts 1953, No. 784, p. 1069, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 4 - Commercial Fishing in Public Impounded Waters and Navigable Streams. › Section 9-11-151 - Seizure, Confiscation and Disposition of Fishing Gear Used in Violation of Article.

Section 9-11-151
Seizure, confiscation and disposition of fishing gear used in violation of article.
Should any law enforcement officer of this state or employee of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources of the State of Alabama discover commercial fishing gear being used in violation of the terms of this article, he shall seize and hold the same; and, in the event no one within a reasonable time claims seized commercial fishing gear and the owner thereof is unknown to the person finding the same, it shall be confiscated and shall become the property of the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and shall be disposed of as ordered by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources.
(Acts 1953, No. 784, p. 1069, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 4 - Commercial Fishing in Public Impounded Waters and Navigable Streams. › Section 9-11-152 - Shipment or Transportation of Fish Taken in Violation of Article; Seizure, Confiscation and Disposition of Fish Illegally Transported or Shipped.

Section 9-11-152
Shipment or transportation of fish taken in violation of article; seizure, confiscation and disposition of fish illegally transported or shipped.
It shall be unlawful to knowingly ship or transport or to knowingly receive for shipment or transportation any fish taken from the public impounded waters or navigable streams of this state in violation of the terms of this article; and should such fish be knowingly shipped or transported or knowingly received for shipment or transportation, the same shall be seized and confiscated and, upon confiscation, shall be disposed of as ordered by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources.
(Acts 1953, No. 784, p. 1069, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 4 - Commercial Fishing in Public Impounded Waters and Navigable Streams. › Section 9-11-154 - Records of Wholesalers and Retailers of Freshwater Nongame Fish; Inspection, etc., of Records.

Section 9-11-154
Records of wholesalers and retailers of freshwater nongame fish; inspection, etc., of records.
All wholesalers and retailers of freshwater nongame fish in this state shall be required to keep in record form the names and addresses of the persons, firms, corporations or associations from whom said fish were purchased or received and the date or dates of such purchase or receipt. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources or such other persons appointed and designated by him for such purpose shall have power and authority at any and all reasonable hours to inspect and examine the books and records of any person, firm, association or corporation engaging in the business of wholesaling or retailing freshwater nongame fish in order to determine the amount of license fees due under this article and to ascertain the names and addresses of persons, firms, associations or corporations from whom or to whom the fish were purchased, received, shipped or consigned.
(Acts 1953, No. 784, p. 1069, §13.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 4 - Commercial Fishing in Public Impounded Waters and Navigable Streams. › Section 9-11-155 - Applicability of Provisions of Article.

Section 9-11-155
Applicability of provisions of article.
The provisions of this article licensing the use of setlines, trotlines or snaglines shall not apply to resident fishermen and shall not apply to state or federal agencies conducting research on freshwater fish, nor shall it apply to nonresident fishermen who have acquired a sport fishing license of this state.
(Acts 1953, No. 784, p. 1069, §14; Acts 1955, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 36, p. 59.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 4 - Commercial Fishing in Public Impounded Waters and Navigable Streams. › Section 9-11-156 - Penalties for Violations of Provisions of Article.

Section 9-11-156
Penalties for violations of provisions of article.
Any person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation violating any of the provisions of this article or rules and regulations based thereon shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and, upon conviction for the first offense, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $2,000.00 and/or sentenced to imprisonment for not more than one year; upon conviction for the second or any subsequent offense, the punishment shall be by a fine of not less than $500.00 nor more than $2,000.00, and/or by imprisonment for not less than one month nor more than one year. In addition thereto, all commercial fishing gear, boats, motors, implements, instruments, appliances or things of whatsoever nature used in connection with the commission of such misdemeanor, if the owner is unknown, shall be seized and confiscated and shall become the property of the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and shall be disposed of as ordered by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources. Such fishing gear, boats, motors, implements, instruments, appliances or things of whatsoever nature used in connection with the commission of such misdemeanor, if the owner is known, shall be seized and confiscated and shall be disposed of as ordered by the court having jurisdiction thereof.
(Acts 1953, No. 784, p. 1069, §15; Acts 1975, No. 1122, p. 2211, §1; Acts 1980, No. 80-368.)