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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 12 - Commercial Quail Breeding. › Section 9-11-347 - Invoices to Be Kept Attached to Packages of Carcasses During Storage.

Section 9-11-347
Invoices to be kept attached to packages of carcasses during storage.
If such package or shipment of quail carcasses is kept in storage in any hotel, restaurant, cafe or boardinghouse or elsewhere, such invoice shall be kept attached thereto as aforesaid until the same shall have been prepared for consumption.
(Acts 1959, No. 408, p. 1040, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 12 - Commercial Quail Breeding. › Section 9-11-348 - Resale or Disposition of Quail by Persons Other Than Retail Vendors.

Section 9-11-348
Resale or disposition of quail by persons other than retail vendors.
In case of the resale or disposition of such quail or any part thereof by any person other than a retail vendor, he shall at such time make an exact copy of such original invoice and endorse thereon the date of his sale, the number of quail carcasses so disposed of and the name of the purchaser and sign and deliver the same to the purchaser or donee, who shall keep it attached as aforesaid until the quail are prepared for consumption, and the same shall have the same force and effect as the original invoice.
(Acts 1959, No. 408, p. 1040, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 12 - Commercial Quail Breeding. › Section 9-11-349 - Records of Licensees; Inspection of Records and Premises of Licensees.

Section 9-11-349
Records of licensees; inspection of records and premises of licensees.
Each person, firm or corporation holding a commercial quail breeder's license shall keep permanent records in a suitable, permanently bound book of all bird carcasses sold, to whom sold, the date of the sale, the address of the vendee or consignee and the number of carcasses sold, which records, as well as the premises of such licensed breeder, shall be subject to examination and inspection by any agent of the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources or by any peace officer, without the issuance of any warrant, upon displaying his credentials of authority to such breeder.
(Acts 1959, No. 408, p. 1040, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 12 - Commercial Quail Breeding. › Section 9-11-350 - Article Applicable to Persons, etc., Shipping Quail Into State.

Section 9-11-350
Article applicable to persons, etc., shipping quail into state.
Any person, firm or corporation shipping quail into this state shall be subject to the provisions of this article.
(Acts 1959, No. 408, p. 1040, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 12 - Commercial Quail Breeding. › Section 9-11-351 - Penalty for Violations of Provisions of Article.

Section 9-11-351
Penalty for violations of provisions of article.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided by law.
(Acts 1959, No. 408, p. 1040, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 13 - Taking of Mussels or Mollusks From Fresh Waters. › Section 9-11-370 - "Nonresident" Defined; Burden of Proof as to Residence.

Section 9-11-370
"Nonresident" defined; burden of proof as to residence.
For the purposes of this article, a "nonresident" shall be deemed to be any person who has not resided continuously in the State of Alabama for 12 months next preceding the application for a license. The burden for proof of residence is placed strictly upon the applicant for a license.
(Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 426, p. 570, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 13 - Taking of Mussels or Mollusks From Fresh Waters. › Section 9-11-371 - Promulgation of Rules and Regulations as to Taking of Mussels or Mollusks From Fresh Waters.

Section 9-11-371
Promulgation of rules and regulations as to taking of mussels or mollusks from fresh waters.
The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby empowered to promulgate and establish rules and regulations as to when, where and how and under what conditions mussels or any type of mollusk may be caught or taken from the fresh waters of this state. This regulatory and rule-making power shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) The number, size and type of mussels or mollusks that may be caught or taken;
(2) The dates, times and areas when mussels or mollusks may be caught or taken;
(3) The type of gear, equipment and boats that may be used to take or catch mussels or mollusks;
(4) The type, kind and number of records and reports which must be submitted to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources on activities in the mussel and mollusk fishing industry; and
(5) The type of gear and equipment and the number and kind of boat or boats that may be used under each "mussel catcher's license."
(Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 426, p. 570, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 13 - Taking of Mussels or Mollusks From Fresh Waters. › Section 9-11-372 - Mussel Catcher's License.

Section 9-11-372
Mussel catcher's license.
Before any person shall take or catch or attempt to take or catch any mussel or any type of mollusk for commercial purposes from the fresh waters of this state, he or she shall purchase a "mussel catcher's license." The license shall be issued in the same manner and be effective for the same period as commercial fishing licenses. The cost of the license shall be $250 for residents, and $750 for nonresidents, as defined in Section 9-11-370, plus an issuance fee of $1 which shall be in addition to the initial amount charged for the license. A violation of this section shall be a Class B misdemeanor, the punishment for which shall include, but not be limited to, a fine of five times the cost of the license.
(Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 426, p. 570, §2; Acts 1990, No. 90-85, p. 90, §1; Acts 1993, No. 93-638, p. 1094, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 13 - Taking of Mussels or Mollusks From Fresh Waters. › Section 9-11-373 - Mussel Buyer's License.

Section 9-11-373
Mussel buyer's license.
Before any person shall buy or purchase or attempt to buy or purchase any type of freshwater mussel or any type of freshwater mollusk or the shells thereof within this state, he shall purchase a "mussel buyer's license." Said license shall be issued in the same manner and be effective for the same period as commercial fishing licenses. The cost of said license shall be $100.00 for residents and $300.00 for nonresidents, plus an issuance fee of $.25 which shall be in addition to the initial amount charged for the license.
(Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 426, p. 570, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 13 - Taking of Mussels or Mollusks From Fresh Waters. › Section 9-11-374 - Disposition of Proceeds of Sale of Licenses.

Section 9-11-374
Disposition of proceeds of sale of licenses.
All proceeds from the sale of said licenses, except the issuance fee, shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Game and Fish Fund of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The issuance fee shall be retained by the judges of probate and other persons authorized and designated to issue licenses in each of the counties of Alabama where said officials are on a fee basis; in those counties where said judges of probate and other officials authorized to issue licenses are on a salary, said issuance fee shall be paid to the general fund of that county. If said license is issued directly from the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, said issuance fee shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Game and Fish Fund of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
(Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 426, p. 570, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 13 - Taking of Mussels or Mollusks From Fresh Waters. › Section 9-11-375 - Charge for Buying or Otherwise Obtaining Freshwater Mussels; Disposition of Revenues; Violation as a Misdemeanor.

Section 9-11-375
Charge for buying or otherwise obtaining freshwater mussels; disposition of revenues; violation as a misdemeanor.
(a) Any person, firm, or corporation who purchases or otherwise obtains freshwater mussels taken from Alabama waters shall pay to the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries the amount equal to $0.05 per pound of mussel shells, with or without meat, purchased or obtained.
(b) The payment to the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries shall be calculated from receipts filled out by the buyer for each transaction. A copy of each receipt shall be given to the seller and a copy retained by the buyer, and shall be made available by the buyer for inspection by agents of the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries for a period of two years. When mussels are exported without first going through a buyer, the method of payment shall be as described in the rules and regulations promulgated by the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries. For purposes of this section, a buyer is any person, firm, or corporation who buys, or otherwise obtains, mussels from mussel harvesters or mussel buyers from Alabama.
(c) Payments from buyers shall be made monthly and shall be received by the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries no later than the 15th day of the month following payment.
(d) Revenue from this section shall be used for mussel management, research, enforcement, and administration. However, no more than 50 percent of the total revenue shall be spent on enforcement.
(e) Violation of this section shall be punishable as a Class A misdemeanor.
(Acts 1993, No. 93-638, p. 1094, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 14 - Marine Mammal Protection. › Section 9-11-390 - Short Title.

Section 9-11-390
Short title.
This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Alabama Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1976."
(Acts 1976, No. 690, p. 953, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 14 - Marine Mammal Protection. › Section 9-11-391 - Definitions.

Section 9-11-391
Definitions.
Wherever used in this article, unless a different meaning clearly appears in the context, the following terms shall be given the following respective meanings:
(1) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources of the State of Alabama.
(2) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources of the State of Alabama.
(3) CONSERVATION and MANAGEMENT. The collection and application of biological information for the purposes of increasing and maintaining the number of animals within species and populations of marine mammals at the optimum carrying capacity of their habitat. Such terms include the entire scope of activities that constitute a modern scientific resources program, including, but not limited to, research, census law enforcement and habitat acquisition and improvement. Also included within these terms, when and where appropriate, is the periodic or total protection of species or populations as well as regulated taking.
(4) MARINE MAMMAL. Any mammal which is morphologically adapted to the marine environment or primarily inhabits the marine environment. Such term includes any part of any such marine mammal, including its raw, dressed or dyed fur or skin.
(5) MARINE MAMMAL PRODUCT. Any item of merchandise which consists or is composed, in whole or in part, of any marine mammal.
(6) MORATORIUM. A complete cessation of the taking of marine mammals, except as provided in this article.
(7) OPTIMUM CARRYING CAPACITY. The ability of a given habitat to support the optimum sustainable population of a species or population stock in a healthy state without diminishing the ability of the habitat to continue that function.
(8) OPTIMUM SUSTAINABLE POPULATION. With respect to any population stock, the number of animals which will result in the maximum productivity of the population or the species, keeping in mind the optimum carrying capacity of the habitat and the health of the ecosystem of which they form a constituent element.
(9) PERSON. Any individual, firm, corporation, association or partnership; or any officer, employee, agent, department or other instrumentality of the federal government or of any state government.
(10) POPULATION STOCK or STOCK. A group of marine mammals of the same species or smaller taxa in a common spatial arrangement that interbreed when mature.
(11) TAKE. To harass, hunt, capture or kill, or attempt to harass, hunt, capture or kill any marine mammal.
(12) MARINE MAMMAL PROTECTION ACT OF 1972. The federal law designed to protect and conserve marine mammals as such act may be subsequently amended.
(Acts 1976, No. 690, p. 953, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 14 - Marine Mammal Protection. › Section 9-11-392 - Legislative Findings and Declaration of Policy.

Section 9-11-392
Legislative findings and declaration of policy.
The Legislature of Alabama declares that:
(1) Certain species and population stocks of marine mammals are, or may be, in danger of extinction or depletion as a result of man's activities;
(2) Such species and population stocks should not be permitted to diminish beyond the point at which they cease to be a significant functioning element in the ecosystem of which they are a part, and, consistent with this major objective, they should not be permitted to diminish below their optimum sustainable population. Further measures should be immediately taken to replenish any species or population stock which has already diminished below that population. In particular, efforts should be made to protect the rookeries, mating grounds and areas of similar significance for each species of marine mammal from the adverse effect of man's actions;
(3) There is inadequate knowledge of the ecology and population dynamics of such marine mammals and of the factors which bear upon their ability to reproduce themselves successfully; and
(4) Marine mammals have proven themselves to be resources of great international significance, esthetic and recreational as well as economic, and it is the sense of the Legislature that they should be protected and encouraged to develop to the greatest extent feasible commensurate with sound policies of resource management and that the primary objective of their management should be to maintain the health and stability of the marine ecosystem. Whenever consistent with this primary objective, it should be the goal to obtain an optimum sustainable population keeping in mind the optimum carrying capacity of the habitat.
(Acts 1976, No. 690, p. 953, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 14 - Marine Mammal Protection. › Section 9-11-393 - Imposition of Moratorium on Taking of Marine Mammals and Marine Mammal Products; Exceptions.

Section 9-11-393
Imposition of moratorium on taking of marine mammals and marine mammal products; exceptions.
(a) There shall be a moratorium on the taking of marine mammals and marine mammal products; except, that marine mammals may be taken pursuant to a permit issued by an appropriate federal agency as provided in the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
(b) Nothing in this article shall prevent a state or local government official or employee, in the course of his duties as an official or employee, from taking a marine mammal in a humane manner if such taking is for the protection or welfare of such mammal or for the protection of the public health and welfare and includes steps designed to assure the return of such mammal to its natural habitat.
(Acts 1976, No. 690, p. 953, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 14 - Marine Mammal Protection. › Section 9-11-394 - Taking, Transportation, Sale, etc., of Marine Mammals, etc., in Violation of Provisions of Article, Etc.

Section 9-11-394
Taking, transportation, sale, etc., of marine mammals, etc., in violation of provisions of article, etc.
Except as provided for by an international treaty, convention or agreement to which the United States is a party or by any statute implementing any such treaty, convention or agreement, it shall be unlawful:
(1) For any person or vessel or other conveyance to take any marine mammal in waters or on lands under the jurisdiction of Alabama;
(2) For any person to use any port, harbor or other place under the jurisdiction of Alabama for any purpose in any way connected with the taking of marine mammals or marine mammal products;
(3) For any reason, with respect to any marine mammal taken in violation of this article and regulations promulgated thereunder or the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 and regulations promulgated thereunder:
a. To possess any such mammal; or
b. To transport, sell or offer for sale any such mammal or any marine mammal product made from any such mammal; or
(4) For any person to use, in a commercial fishery, any means or methods of fishing in contravention of any regulations or limitations issued by the Secretary of Commerce or the commissioner to achieve the purposes of this article.
(Acts 1976, No. 690, p. 953, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 14 - Marine Mammal Protection. › Section 9-11-395 - Promulgation of Rules and Regulations.

Section 9-11-395
Promulgation of rules and regulations.
The commissioner shall have power and authority to establish such rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purpose of this article.
(Acts 1976, No. 690, p. 953, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 14 - Marine Mammal Protection. › Section 9-11-396 - Penalties for Violations of Provisions of Article, etc.; Powers of Law Enforcement Officers, etc., as to Enforcement of Article, etc.; Custody and Disposition of Equipment, etc., Seized in Connection With Violations of Article, etc.; Disposition of Moneys Arising From Fines and Forfeitures.

Section 9-11-396
Penalties for violations of provisions of article, etc.; powers of law enforcement officers, etc., as to enforcement of article, etc.; custody and disposition of equipment, etc., seized in connection with violations of article, etc.; disposition of moneys arising from fines and forfeitures.
(a) Any person who violates a provision of this article or any regulation promulgated pursuant to this article or of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 or regulation promulgated thereunder or who fails to procure or violates the terms of any permit issued pursuant thereto shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00 or be imprisoned not more than six months or both.
(b) Any officer employed and authorized by the commissioner or any law enforcement officer of the state or of any municipality or county within the state shall have authority to conduct searches as provided by law and to execute a warrant to search for and seize any equipment, business records, merchandise or marine mammal taken, used or possessed in connection with a violation of any section of this article. Any such officer or agency may, without a warrant, arrest any person who such officer or agent has probable cause to believe is violating, in his presence or view, any such section or any regulation or permit provided for by this article. Any officer or agent who has made an arrest of a person in connection with any such violation may search such person or business records at the time of arrest and may seize any marine mammal, records or property taken or used in connection with any such violation.
(c) Equipment, merchandise, marine mammals or records seized under the provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall be held by an officer or agent of the department pending disposition of court proceedings, and thereafter shall be forfeited to the state for destruction or disposition as the commissioner may deem appropriate; provided, however, that prior to forfeiture, the commissioner may direct the transfer of marine mammals so seized to a qualified geological, educational or scientific institution for safe keeping, the cost thereof to be assessable to the defendant. The commissioner is authorized to promulgate regulations to implement this subsection.
(d) All moneys arising under the provisions of this article from fines and forfeitures shall be deposited to the credit of the Seafoods Fund.
(Acts 1976, No. 690, p. 953, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 14 - Marine Mammal Protection. › Section 9-11-397 - Funding of Programs Established Under Article.

Section 9-11-397
Funding of programs established under article.
The cost of programs established under this article shall be borne by sources separate and apart from those presently accruing to the Seafoods Fund.
(Acts 1976, No. 690, p. 953, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 14 - Marine Mammal Protection. › Section 9-11-398 - Applicability of Provisions of Article.

Section 9-11-398
Applicability of provisions of article.
This article shall not apply with respect to any marine mammal taken before August 24, 1976, to any marine mammal product consisting of or composed, in whole or in part, of any marine mammal taken before August 24, 1976, or to any marine mammal unintentionally taken during the construction of any highway or utility facility.
(Acts 1976, No. 690, p. 953, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 15 - Commercial Fowl Hunting Preserves. › Section 9-11-410 - License Required.

Section 9-11-410
License required.
Any person, firm, or corporation desiring to operate a bird hunting preserve commercially on which artificially propagated birds may be hunted, taken, captured, killed, harvested, or otherwise recovered shall obtain a bird hunting preserve license and comply with the provisions of this article and all rules promulgated by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources governing the operation of hunting preserves.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-431, p. 678, §1; Act 2010-398, p. 653, §1; Act 2010-697, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 15 - Commercial Fowl Hunting Preserves. › Section 9-11-411 - Site of Preserve; Marking of Boundaries; Proximity to Other Preserves or Management Areas; Turkey Shooting Prohibited.

Section 9-11-411
Site of preserve; marking of boundaries; proximity to other preserves or management areas; turkey shooting prohibited.
Repealed by Acts 2010-398, p. 653, §2, and 2010-697, p. 1688, §2, effective July 1, 2010.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-431, p. 678, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 15 - Commercial Fowl Hunting Preserves. › Section 9-11-412 - Birds to Be Hunted.

Section 9-11-412
Birds to be hunted.
Game which may be hunted on a preserve licensed under this article shall be artificially propagated or pen-raised bob-white quail, pheasants, chukar partridge, and such other species of birds, except for artificially propagated or pen-raised turkeys, as the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall designate.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-431, p. 678, §3; Act 2010-398, p. 653, §1; Act 2010-697, p. 1688, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 15 - Commercial Fowl Hunting Preserves. › Section 9-11-413 - License Fee; Issuance of License; License to Operate a Commercial Bird Hunting Preserve.

Section 9-11-413
License fee; issuance of license; license to operate a commercial bird hunting preserve.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the privilege license fee for operating a hunting preserve shall be twenty-five dollars ($25) per year for the first 100 acres of hunting preserve area plus five dollars ($5) per year for each additional 100 acres or part thereof. Upon application to the judge of probate of the county in which the preserve is located and payment of the license fee required in this subsection and an issuance fee of two dollars ($2), the judge of probate shall issue a privilege license to operate a hunting preserve to the applicant. Privilege licenses to operate hunting preserves shall be issued on forms prescribed by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources furnished to the judge of probate. All fees collected by the judge of probate for issuing hunting preserve licenses shall be remitted at the same time and in the same manner that hunting and fishing license fees are remitted and shall be paid into the Game and Fish Fund of the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
(b) In lieu of the license fee provided for in subsection (a), the operator of a commercial bird hunting preserve may purchase a license which entitles the licensee to operate a commercial bird hunting preserve and exempts the patrons of the preserve from the license requirement of Section 9-11-417. The fee for the license shall be five hundred dollars ($500), plus a two dollar ($2) issuance fee. The license shall be issued in the same manner as the license provided for in subsection (a). The license or a copy thereof shall be in the possession of at least one person in each hunting party.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-431, p. 678, §4; Act 2010-398, p. 653, §1; Act 2010-697, p. 1688, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 15 - Commercial Fowl Hunting Preserves. › Section 9-11-414 - Limits on Harvest; Hunting Period for "Pen-Raised birds."

Section 9-11-414
Limits on harvest; hunting period for "pen-raised birds."
There shall be no daily commercial limit as to the number of released pen-raised birds commercially taken or recovered by patrons under this article. The period during which pen-raised birds may be hunted, taken, captured, killed, or otherwise recovered on preserves shall begin on October 1 each year and extend through March 31 of the following calendar year.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-431, p. 678, §5; Act 2010-398, p. 653, §1; Act 2010-697, p. 1688, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 15 - Commercial Fowl Hunting Preserves. › Section 9-11-415 - Tagging of Bob-White Quail; Operators to Cooperate With Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources; Tagging Generally.

Section 9-11-415
Tagging of bob-white quail; operators to cooperate with Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources; tagging generally.
Repealed by Acts 2010-398, p. 653, §2, and 2010-697, p. 1688, §2, effective July 1, 2010.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-431, p. 678, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 15 - Commercial Fowl Hunting Preserves. › Section 9-11-416 - Records of Hunters and Amount and Species of Game Taken; Inspection.

Section 9-11-416
Records of hunters and amount and species of game taken; inspection.
Repealed by Acts 2010-398, p. 653, §2, and 2010-697, p. 1688, §2, effective July 1, 2010.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-431, p. 678, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 15 - Commercial Fowl Hunting Preserves. › Section 9-11-417 - Hunting Licenses Required of Preserve Patrons; Seven-Day License; Operators as Agent Vendors of Licenses.

Section 9-11-417
Hunting licenses required of preserve patrons; seven-day license; operators as agent vendors of licenses.
(a) Except for patrons hunting artificially propagated or pen-raised birds on preserves licensed pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 9-11-413, Alabama hunting licenses shall be required of all persons hunting on licensed hunting preserves. Alabama residents shall be licensed under the regularly established game laws. Each non-resident hunting on a licensed preserve shall be required to possess a regular non-resident annual hunting license or a non-resident trip hunting license.
(b) In lieu of a regular hunting license as provided in subsection (a), either a resident or a non-resident may purchase a seven-day commercial bird hunting preserve license that allows that person the privilege of hunting only artificially propagated or pen-raised birds as designated by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources as legal to hunt on a licensed commercial bird hunting preserve. The cost of a seven-day commercial bird hunting preserve license shall be eight dollars ($8), plus a two dollar ($2) issuance fee. The license shall be valid for seven consecutive days from the date of issuance.
(c) To better serve the public and in order that the state will not lose revenue from the loss of sale of licenses to out-of-state visitors arriving on weekends, each hunting preserve operator licensed pursuant to this article shall be an agent vendor of all non-resident and resident hunting licenses with any issuance fees collected therefor to be remitted to the judge of probate of the county in which the preserve is located.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-431, p. 678, §8; Acts 1992, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 92-702, p. 172, §1; Act 2010-398, p. 653, §1; Act 2010-697, p. 1688, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 15 - Commercial Fowl Hunting Preserves. › Section 9-11-418 - Enforcement of Game and Fish Laws; Inspection of Preserves.

Section 9-11-418
Enforcement of game and fish laws; inspection of preserves.
Duly authorized agents of the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, game wardens and other law enforcement officers duly authorized to enforce game and fish laws shall have authority to enforce all game and fish laws and regulations on such preserves; and for such purposes are authorized to enter and inspect licensed hunting preserves.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-431, p. 678, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 15 - Commercial Fowl Hunting Preserves. › Section 9-11-419 - Violations; License Revocation.

Section 9-11-419
Violations; license revocation.
Any person, firm or corporation who is found guilty of operating a licensed hunting preserve in violation of any provision of this article, upon conviction, shall have his hunting preserve license revoked forthwith.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-431, p. 678, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 16 - Preservation of Wetlands and Hunting of Migratory Waterfowl. › Section 9-11-430 - Definitions.

Section 9-11-430
Definitions.
Whenever used in this article, the following words and terms shall have the following respective meaning unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) MIGRATORY WATERFOWL. Any wild duck, wild goose, brant or coot (poule d'eau).
(2) DEPARTMENT. State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
(3) STAMP. The state migratory waterfowl stamp furnished by the department.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-545, p. 985, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 16 - Preservation of Wetlands and Hunting of Migratory Waterfowl. › Section 9-11-431 - Construction of Article; Purpose Thereof.

Section 9-11-431
Construction of article; purpose thereof.
This article shall be construed in furtherance of the purpose thereof, which is to insure the procurement, development, restoration, maintenance or preservation of wetlands for migratory waterfowl habitat.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-545, p. 985, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 16 - Preservation of Wetlands and Hunting of Migratory Waterfowl. › Section 9-11-432 - Stamp Required for Hunting Migratory Waterfowl; Form; Procedure.

Section 9-11-432
Stamp required for hunting migratory waterfowl; form; procedure.
A person may not hunt migratory waterfowl within the State of Alabama or its coastal waters without first procuring a state migratory waterfowl stamp. The stamp shall be validated by the signature of the hunter written across the face of the stamp in ink. The stamp shall be in the possession of the hunter while the hunter is hunting or taking migratory waterfowl. The form of the stamp shall be determined by the department and the department shall furnish the stamps to the judge of probate or issuing officer of the counties or to other authorized license agents as provided in Section 9-11-433 for issuance or sale in the same manner as state hunting licenses are issued or sold.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-545, p. 985, §3; Act 98-615, p. 1355, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 16 - Preservation of Wetlands and Hunting of Migratory Waterfowl. › Section 9-11-434 - Revenue Used in Preservation of Wetlands; Contracts With Non-Profit Organizations for Project Outside United States.

Section 9-11-434
Revenue used in preservation of wetlands; contracts with non-profit organizations for project outside United States.
The revenue derived from the sale of the stamp provided for herein shall be remitted to the department on the first day of each month by the judge of probate or issuing officer and shall be covered into the State Treasury to the credit of the Game and Fish Fund and shall be used for projects approved by the department for the procurement, development, restoration, maintenance or preservation of wetlands, for waterfowl habitat, and the development or improvement of controlled public waterfowl hunting areas, except that part which is specified by the department for use in paying administrative expenses. No part of revenues derived from the sale of this stamp shall be used to pay administrative expenses not directly related to waterfowl management and no part of revenues shall be used to pay enforcement expenses.
No part of the revenues derived from the sale of this stamp shall be used to replace revenues and allocations presently being made by the department for management of waterfowl refuges and public waterfowl hunting areas.
No part of the revenues derived from the sale of this stamp shall be used to maintain, procure or restore habitat for other wild game except where their occurrence is coexistent with migratory waterfowl. The department may enter into contracts with non-profit organizations for the use of one-half of such funds outside the United States if the department finds that such contracts are necessary for carrying out the purposes of this article.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-545, p. 985, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 16 - Preservation of Wetlands and Hunting of Migratory Waterfowl. › Section 9-11-435 - Requirements for Approval of Outside United States Projects.

Section 9-11-435
Requirements for approval of outside United States projects.
Before approving and allocating funds for a proposed project to be undertaken outside the United States, the department shall obtain evidence that the project is acceptable to the government agency having jurisdiction over the lands and waters affected by the project.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-545, p. 985, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 17 - Commercial Fee Fishing Ponds. › Section 9-11-450 - Permit Required; Rules and Regulations.

Section 9-11-450
Permit required; rules and regulations.
Any person, firm or corporation desiring to operate a "commercial fee fishing pond" (as provided for herein) from which otherwise legally permitted freshwater fish, which are private farm raised or private hatchery produced fish only, may be taken, captured, harvested, or otherwise recovered, may do so upon obtaining an annual "commercial fee fishing pond" letter permit and complying with the provisions of this article and laws relating to the importation and control of exotic fish species.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-578, p. 902, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 17 - Commercial Fee Fishing Ponds. › Section 9-11-451 - Site of Fee Fishing Ponds; Marking of Entrance.

Section 9-11-451
Site of fee fishing ponds; marking of entrance.
Each fee fishing site to be operated hereunder may contain one or more man-made ponds in one tract of leased or owned land. Under no circumstances, however, shall any fishing site as provided for herein, be operated on any public waters of the State of Alabama as defined by Section 9-11-80. The entrance to each fee fishing site shall be clearly marked with a sign, at the top of which shall appear in letters not less than two inches high, the words "LICENSED COMMERCIAL FEE FISHING PONDS".
(Acts 1988, No. 88-578, p. 902, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 17 - Commercial Fee Fishing Ponds. › Section 9-11-452 - Ponds to Be Stocked With Farm or Hatchery Produced Fish.

Section 9-11-452
Ponds to be stocked with farm or hatchery produced fish.
No ponds shall qualify to be operated hereunder which are stocked with or which contain any fish other than private farm raised or private hatchery produced fish.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-578, p. 902, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 17 - Commercial Fee Fishing Ponds. › Section 9-11-453 - Application Procedure.

Section 9-11-453
Application procedure.
Any person who desires to operate a fee fishing site as provided for herein shall first file a request with a local conservation officer or with the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. If it meets the requirements of this article, the operator shall be issued a letter permit to operate such fee fishing site.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-578, p. 902, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 17 - Commercial Fee Fishing Ponds. › Section 9-11-454 - Fishing License Not Required; Letter Permit Prominently Displayed.

Section 9-11-454
Fishing license not required; letter permit prominently displayed.
Holders of the letter permit issued pursuant to this article, their guests and patrons may, to the extent that said persons fish in accordance with the provisions hereof, fish from the ponds on the approved site without an approved fishing license. The letter permit shall be displayed prominently adjacent to the place where the fish taken from said site are checked and weighed.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-578, p. 902, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 17 - Commercial Fee Fishing Ponds. › Section 9-11-455 - Creel Limits.

Section 9-11-455
Creel limits.
Creel limits for fish taken from the said fee fishing ponds shall be at the discretion of the operator.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-578, p. 902, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 17 - Commercial Fee Fishing Ponds. › Section 9-11-456 - Selling of Fish Caught.

Section 9-11-456
Selling of fish caught.
No fish caught or taken from the said fee fishing sites shall be sold or offered to be sold or traded or offered to be traded, except as otherwise provided by law.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-578, p. 902, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 17 - Commercial Fee Fishing Ponds. › Section 9-11-457 - Violations; Fines.

Section 9-11-457
Violations; fines.
Any violation of the provisions of this article shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $250.00.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-578, p. 902, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 18 - Protection of Black Bears. › Section 9-11-480 - Legislative Findings.

Section 9-11-480
Legislative findings.
The Legislature finds that the black bear (Ursus americanus) is a unique mammal in the State of Alabama requiring special protection.
(Act 2001-634, p. 1223, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 18 - Protection of Black Bears. › Section 9-11-481 - Prohibited Activities; Exceptions; Applicability; Penalties.

Section 9-11-481
Prohibited activities; exceptions; applicability; penalties.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), it shall be unlawful for any individual, corporation, partnership, trust, association, or any other entity to do any of the following:
(1) Hunt, wound, injure, kill, trap, collect, or capture a black bear, or to attempt to engage in that conduct during the closed season for black bear.
(2) Sell, offer for sale, purchase, offer to purchase, deliver, transport, carry, or ship, in intrastate, interstate, or foreign commerce a black bear, whether alive or dead, or any of its parts or products, or to attempt to engage in that conduct. Nothing in this article shall prohibit legal possession of black bear taken legally in other states.
(b) The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall permit, under reasonable terms and conditions as it may prescribe, any act otherwise prohibited by subsection (a) for any of the following purposes:
(1) Scientific or survival research.
(2) Zoological exhibition.
(3) Education.
(4) Any other purposes as may be determined by the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
(c) The prohibitions of subdivision (1) of subsection (a) shall not apply to activities where killing or injuring a black bear is incidental to, and not the purpose of, activities which are otherwise lawful.
(d) Any individual, corporation, partnership, trust, association, or other entity who violates this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, punishable as follows:
(1) For the first offense, by a fine of not less than two thousand dollars ($2,000) and not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
(2) For the second and any subsequent offense, by a fine of not less than three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500) and not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or imprisonment for not less than six months or more than one year, or both.
(3) Any individual shall have all hunting and fishing license privileges revoked for a period of three years from the date of conviction.
(4) Any motor vehicle, weapons, or other property, which has been or is used in any activity prohibited by this section may be confiscated under the same procedures set forth in Section 9-11-252.1.
(Act 2001-634, p. 1223, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 19 - Hunting of Native Game Animals and Certain Nonindigenous Animals. › Section 9-11-500 - Definitions.

Section 9-11-500
Definitions.
For purposes of this article, the following words have the following meanings:
(1) GAME ANIMAL. A species of animal designated by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources pursuant to Section 9-2-7, as a game or fur-bearing animal, any game or fur-bearing animal that exists historically and naturally in the wild within this state, or any game animal of the species of the family Cervidae (deer) that exists within this state in the wild as a result of the natural expansion of its range prior to May 1, 2006, which are white-tailed deer, fallow deer, and elk.
(2) NONINDIGENOUS ANIMAL. A species of animal, other than birds, that does not exist historically and naturally in the wild within the state or does not exist within the state as a result of the natural expansion of its range.
(3) TAME GAME ANIMAL. An animal that has been held captive as a zoological attraction or exhibit, or any animal, at the time of hunting, not exhibiting the flight characteristics or wariness for the species.
(Act 2006-109, p. 159, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 19 - Hunting of Native Game Animals and Certain Nonindigenous Animals. › Section 9-11-501 - Hunting of Native Game Animals Under Certain Conditions Prohibited.

Section 9-11-501
Hunting of native game animals under certain conditions prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or kill, attempt to hunt or kill, or offer the opportunity to hunt or kill native game animals or any other animal legally permissible to hunt for a fee or other valuable consideration or for recreation under conditions in which the animal hunted does not have a reasonable opportunity to evade the hunter, including, but not limited to, hunting animals that are tied, staked, hobbled, or caged; animals that have been released from confinement less than 10 days; or animals that are taken by aid of any remote controlled or computer aided device. Hunting of native game animals or any other animal legally permissible to hunt within the confines of an enclosure does not in and of itself constitute a violation provided adequate space and escape cover for the species exist to provide the animals with a reasonable opportunity to evade the hunter.
(Act 2006-109, p. 159, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 19 - Hunting of Native Game Animals and Certain Nonindigenous Animals. › Section 9-11-502 - Hunting of Tame Game Animals Prohibited.

Section 9-11-502
Hunting of tame game animals prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or kill, attempt to hunt or kill, or offer the opportunity to hunt or kill any tame game animal for a fee or other valuable consideration or recreation. The promise or guarantee of, or contract for, killing an individual tame game animal, shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this article.
(Act 2006-109, p. 159, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife. › Article 19 - Hunting of Native Game Animals and Certain Nonindigenous Animals. › Section 9-11-503 - Hunting of Nonindigenous Animals Prohibited.

Section 9-11-503
Hunting of nonindigenous animals prohibited.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or kill, attempt to hunt or kill, or offer the opportunity to hunt or kill any species of animal nonindigenous to the state including, but not limited to, any species of African or Asian lion, tiger, or elephant for a fee or other valuable consideration or for recreation.
(b) This section does not apply to feral swine or to any species of animal deemed a nuisance by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, nor to any nonindigenous animal lawfully brought into this state prior to May 1, 2006, or their offspring; provided the owner of the nonindigenous animal provides written notice to the commissioner of the ownership and location of the species.
(Act 2006-109, p. 159, §4.)