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Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.141 - Special 2006-2007 Hunting Seasons For Shoal Creek Preserve Tract (Forever Wild Lands), Lauderdale County

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) The following special 2006-2007 hunting
			 seasons, in accordance with the below-stated times, places, manners, and means,
			 are hereby established:
(a) The hunting
			 seasons as established in Rule
			 220-2-.01 entitled "2006-2007
			 Hunting Seasons," as they apply to that portion of Lauderdale County known as
			 the Shoal Creek Preserve Tract (Forever Wild Lands), and as they apply to "Open
			 Permit-Public Land" in that portion of Lauderdale County, shall apply to
			 hunting on the Shoal Creek Preserve Tract (Forever Wild Lands), except as
			 otherwise provided herein:
1. No centerfire
			 rifles or buckshot shall be allowed for any type of hunting;
2. No dogs shall be permitted for hunting
			 deer, coyote, and feral swine (wild hogs);
3. Special muzzleloader season for Deer: By
			 muzzleloader only - Stalk hunting only (no dogs). During the special
			 muzzleloader deer season, two (2) deer per day only one of which may be an
			 antlered buck (excepted spotted fawns), is permitted November 13 to November 17
			 and January 6 to January 22. This special muzzleloader deer season shall
			 supersede that muzzleloader season provided otherwise for Lauderdale County in
			 Rule 220-2-.01.
4. Hunting of feral swine (wild hogs) shall
			 be limited to October 1 through April 30 (no bag limit).
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.142 - Turtle Dealer/Farmer Regulation

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(1) Definitions:
(a) "Division" - Wildlife and Freshwater
			 Fisheries Division of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural
			 Resources.
(b) "Director" - The
			 Director of the Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division of the Alabama
			 Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
(c) "Turtle Farmer" - Any person, firm, or
			 corporation engaged in the business of propagating legally acquired captive
			 indigenous turtles or turtle eggs for commercial purposes.
(d) "Turtle Dealer" - Any person, firm, or
			 corporation who purchases, imports or exports turtles or turtle eggs for resale
			 or stocking purposes or who sells, offers for sale, or trades for anything of
			 value legally acquired live turtles.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.143 - Alligator Management Areas and Seasons Established

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(1) A hunting season for American alligator
			 (
Alligator mississippiensis)
is hereby established in five
			 areas of Alabama, as provided for below. These areas hereafter are referred to
			 as Alligator Management Areas (AMAs) and are hereby established as, and shall
			 constitute special "wildlife management areas," in accordance with Sections
			 9-11-300, 301,
Code of Ala. 1975
. Five AMAs shall be
			 in portions of Baldwin, Mobile, Washington, Clarke, Monroe, Barbour, Coffee,
			 Covington, Choctaw, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Marengo, Russell, Dallas, and
			 Wilcox Counties. Hunting of alligator for the purpose of harvest management of
			 wildlife are subject to these regulations.
(2)
Locations of AMAs:
(a)
SOUTHWEST MANAGEMENT AREA -
The private and public waters in Baldwin and Mobile Counties that lie north of
			 I-10 and private and public waters in Washington, Choctaw, Clarke, and Monroe
			 Counties that lie south of U.S. Highway 84.
(b)
COASTAL MANAGEMENT AREA -
The private and public waters in Baldwin and Mobile Counties that lie south of
			 I-10.
(c)
SOUTHEAST
			 MANAGEMENT AREA -
The private and public waters in Barbour, Coffee,
			 Covington, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston and Russell Counties (excluding public
			 Alabama state waters in Walter F. George Reservoir (Lake Eufaula) and its
			 navigable tributaries).
(d)
WEST CENTRAL MANAGEMENT AREA -
The private and public waters in
			 Monroe, Clarke and Choctaw Counties north of U.S. Highway 84; Marengo County
			 west of State Highway 28 and South of U.S. Highway 80; and Wilcox and Dallas
			 Counties (excluding Choctaw National Wildlife Refuge).
(e)
LAKE EUFAULA MANAGEMENT AREA
			 -
The public Alabama state waters only in the Walter F. George Reservoir
			 (Lake Eufaula) and its navigable tributaries (excluding main channel of the
			 Chattahoochee River), south of 13th Street Bridge in Phenix City (excluding
			 Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge).
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.145 - Special 2006 Hunting Seasons For Certain Hunting Event At Dreamwood Property, Bigbee, Alabama, Washington County

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(1) The following special Deer Season on the
			 following specific area, in accordance with the below-stated times, places,
			 manners, and means, is hereby established:
(a) Dreamwood Property, Bigbee, Alabama,
			 Washington County, is hereby opened to the following hunting: October 21 and
			 22, 2006 - BY PERMIT ONLY - for stalk hunting of deer, antlered and antlerless,
			 except spotted fawns. Two deer per day may be harvested only one of which may
			 be an antlered buck. (Two unantlered deer or one unantlered deer and one
			 antlered deer.) Guns or Bow and Arrow (including Crossbows).
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.146 - Game Check System - Deer And Turkey Harvest Record And Reporting Requirement

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(1) For
			 the purpose of this regulation:
(a) "Deer"
			 shall be defined as a white-tailed deer.
(b) "Antlered Deer" shall be defined as a
			 white-tailed deer with antlers visible above the natural hairline.
(c) "Unantlered Deer" shall be defined as all
			 other white-tailed deer.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.147 - Deer Enclosure Regulation

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(1) The season for hunting all species of
			 deer shall be closed within any enclosure capable of confining deer, where:
(1) there exists or has existed
			 any man-made point of access that allows deer to enter the enclosure but
			 restricts their ability to exit the enclosure, including, but not limited to,
			 any man-made ramp, platform, funnel, maze, or one-way gate; or (2) any bait has
			 been placed so as to lure deer through any man-made opening into any such
			 completed enclosure.
(2) The deer
			 season shall be closed within any such enclosure from the date the owner or
			 operator of the enclosure is notified by Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries
			 Division Enforcement personnel. The deer season shall remain closed for two
			 years after such devices are removed or such conditions no longer exist. The
			 owner or operator shall notify any persons who may hunt within the enclosure of
			 the closed deer season.
Author:
M. Barnett Lawley
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-2-7,
				  9-2-8,
				  9-2-12.
PENALTY:
As provided by
				  law.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.148 - Special Creel/Size Limit At Tuskegee City Lake

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Effective Friday, September 14, 2007, it shall be illegal to
				possess any largemouth bass less than 16 inches in total length from Tuskegee
				City Lake, Macon County, Alabama.
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-2-7,
				  9-2-8,
				  9-2-12.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.150 - 2008 Alligator Hunting Season

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
The following 2008 hunting season, in accordance with the
				below-stated times, places, manner, and means, is hereby established:
ALLIGATOR:
By Special Permit
				Only
Must register on-line at
www.outdooralabama.com
between June 2
				(8:00 a.m.) and July 14 (8:00 a.m.).
Mobile Delta
August 15 -
						August 18
August 22 - August 25
Lake Eufaula
(Walter F.
						George)
August 21 - August 24
Author:
M. Barnett Lawley
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, 9-2-7, 9-2-8,
				  9-2-12.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.151 - Archery Range Regulation

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) It
			 shall be unlawful to shoot any type of bow or crossbow on any archery range
			 operated now or in the future by, or in partnership with, the Division of
			 Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries, except in accordance with the following
			 regulations. All range users shall abide by the listed regulations and posted
			 rules pertinent to the range in use. Permits for excepted uses will be issued
			 by the Hunter Education Coordinator or his designee. The range may be closed as
			 necessary.
(a) The range is open during
			 daylight hours only, except by permit by the Hunter Education Coordinator or a
			 designee.
(b) No alcoholic
			 beverages allowed.
(c) Arrows may
			 only be nocked onto the bowstring when standing on the shooting line preparing
			 to shoot.
(d) Shooting allowed only
			 from the shooting line and only into the designated targets.
(e) Shooters are allowed to bring and shoot
			 at a paper target placed on an existing target and is to be removed from the
			 range once an individual has finished shooting. Personal targets are not
			 allowed on range, except by permit.
(f) Bows must be hung on the bowhanger behind
			 the shooting line when waiting to shoot or while archers are down range
			 retrieving arrows. No shooting shall be allowed while anyone is down
			 range.
(g) All persons are to
			 remain behind the shooting line while shooting is taking place.
(h) Arrows from bows of 30-pound draw weight
			 or more may only be shot into the targets on the adult range. Arrows from bows
			 less than 30-pound draw weight may be shot into targets on the youth or adult
			 range.
(i) Only arrows with field
			 or target points may be used or possessed on range. No broadheads may be
			 possessed on the range, except by permit by the Hunter Education Coordinator or
			 a designee.
(j) All individuals
			 standing on or utilizing the elevated platform must wear a full body harness,
			 including shoulder and leg straps, and attach themselves to the appropriate
			 safety cable carabineer.
(k) All
			 used paper target faces and other trash shall be placed in a trash receptacle
			 or removed by the user from the range.
(l) All Alabama residents 16 through 64 years
			 of age are required to have either a valid Alabama: state hunting license,
			 state wildlife management area license, or a state wildlife heritage license to
			 use the range. All non-residents 16 of age and over are required to have either
			 a valid Alabama: state hunting license or state wildlife management area
			 license to use the range.
(m) Bows
			 will only be drawn in such a manner as to prevent accidental or intentional
			 loss of an arrow from range property.
(n) It shall be unlawful to violate any
			 posted restriction.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.155 - Paddlefish Management Areas And Seasons Established (REPEALED)

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Author:
Christopher M. Blankenship
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-2-7,
				  9-2-8,
				  9-11-140,
				  9-11-300,
				  9-11-301.
PENALTY: As provided by
				  law.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.156 - Release of Captive Raised Cervidae

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation
				licensed under 9-11-30 or 9-11-261, or any buyer or recipient from any of such
				persons, to knowingly or intentionally release any captive raised member of the
				family Cervidae into the wild except those areas bounded by enclosures which
				effectively restrict the egress of such animals.
PENALTY:
As provided by law.
Author:
N. Gunter Guy, Jr.
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-2-7,
				  9-2-8,
				  9-2-12.
The amended
				version of this section by
				Alabama
				Administrative Monthly Volume XXXVII, Issue No. 11, August 30,
				2019, file. 8/23/2019 is not
				yet available.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.157 - Definition of Area Regulation

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For the purposes of Section
				9-11-244,
Code of Ala.
				1975
, and Rule
				220-2-.11, Alabama Administrative
				Code, as it applies to the hunting of deer and feral swine, there shall be a
				rebuttable presumption that any bait or feed (as defined in Section
				9-11-244) located beyond 100 yards
				from the hunter and not within the line of sight of the hunter, is not a lure,
				attraction or enticement to, on or over the area where the hunter is attempting
				to kill or take the deer or feral swine. For the purpose of this regulation,
				"not within the line of sight" means being hidden from view by natural
				vegetation or naturally occurring terrain features. This regulation shall not
				apply on public lands.
Author:
N. Gunter Guy, Jr.
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, 9-2-7, 9-2-8, 9-2-12.
PENALTY:
As provided by law.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.158 - Guntersville Reservoir Paddlefish Management Area And Season Established

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(1) An experimental
			 one-year commercial fishing season for paddlefish
(Polyodon
			 spathula)
is hereby established for one area in Guntersville
			 Reservoir, Alabama, in 2017, as provided for below. This area is hereafter
			 referred to as a Paddlefish Management Area (PMA), and is hereby established
			 as, and shall constitute, a special fishery "wildlife management area", in
			 accordance with Sections
			 9-11-300 and
			 9-11-301 of the
Code of
			 Ala. 1975
. This PMA will occur in the upper portion of
			 Guntersville Reservoir in Jackson County, as described below. These rules shall
			 govern according to the following restrictions and regulations:
(2)
Location.
(a)
Upper Guntersville Reservoir
			 Paddlefish Management Area (UGR) (Jackson County)
: The public waters of
			 the mainstem portion (tributaries excluded) of the Tennessee River (Upper
			 Guntersville Reservoir) from TRM 414.5 (34.9532382°N 85.7019227°W) to
			 TRM 385.9 (34.6402099°N 85.9757707°W). This is from the railroad bridge
			 at Bridgeport that crosses Long Island to the HWY 35 Bridge at Scottsboro. A
			 total of 28.6 river miles will be open for commercial harvest of
			 paddlefish.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.160 - Definition Of Immediate Family

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
For purposes of 9-11-44(d),
Code of Ala.
				1975
, "immediate family" is defined as: a landowner's spouse,
				children, parents, brothers, and sisters.
Author:
Christopher M. Blankenship
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-2-7,
				  9-2-8,
				  9-2-12.
Penalty:
As provided by
				  law.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.162 - Wild Baitfish Regulation

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
Within the jurisdiction of the Alabama Division of Wildlife and
				Freshwater Fisheries, it shall be unlawful to transport any live baitfish,
				having been caught or harvested from streams, rivers, public lakes or
				reservoirs in Alabama, away from the waters in which they are caught. Further,
				it is unlawful to import any live baitfish, having been caught or harvested
				from streams, rivers, public lakes, or reservoirs from any area outside the
				State of Alabama. For the purposes of this regulation, baitfish are defined as
				any species of fish or crayfish (Superfamily Astacoidea) that are legal to use
				as bait for recreational or commercial fishing in Alabama.
This regulation does not prohibit the possession or the use of
				live baitfish on or within the waters from which they have been caught or
				harvested. Nor does it prohibit the possession, importation, or use of live
				baitfish acquired from commercial producers and bait shops located within or
				outside the State of Alabama, provided the origin of these fish was not from a
				wild caught source.
For purposes of this regulation, refer to
				220-2-.42(1) for
				a description of the Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries
				jurisdictional line.
Author:
Christopher M. Blankenship
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-2-7,
				  9-2-8,
				  9-2-12,
				  9-2-13.
Penalty:
As provided by
				  law.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.163 - Restrictions On Certain Species Of Asian Carp

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No person, firm, corporation, partnership, or association shall
				possess, sell, offer for sale, release, or cause to be distributed within the
				State of Alabama any live fish of the genus
Hypophthalmichthys
				spp.
(silver carp, bighead carp, largescale silver carp) except for
				holders of valid commercial fishing licenses engaged in harvesting individuals
				of these species from the public waters of Alabama for sale to licensed fish
				dealers and/or processors and aquaculture producers holding a valid written
				permit issued by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural
				Resources.
Author:
Christopher M. Blankenship
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-2-7,
				  9-2-8,
				  9-2-12,
				  9-2-13.
Penalty:
As provided by
				  law.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.164 - Crow Creek, Mud Creek, And Raccoon Creek Wildlife Management Areas Waterfowl Hunting

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(1) In
			 addition to
			 220-2-.55, it shall be unlawful
			 on Crow Creek, Mud Creek and Raccoon Creek Wildlife Management Areas (WMA):
(a) For any person to leave any vehicle
			 parked at the established launching sites. Hunters must use the designated
			 parking areas. However, physically disabled persons with approved handicapped
			 vehicles may be parked at the designated handicap parking locations.
(b) For any person to create or hunt from any
			 dug-out or excavated area.
(c) To
			 construct and/or utilize permanent waterfowl hunting blinds (those using
			 building materials, flooring, or flotation and/or remaining in position
			 overnight) anywhere on the Jackson County Waterfowl (Mud Creek, Crow Creek, and
			 Raccoon Creek) WMAs.
(d) For any
			 blinds to be left in said areas for more than one (1) day. All such blinds
			 shall be disposed of as deemed advisable by the Wildlife and Freshwater
			 Fisheries Division of the Department of Conservation and Natural
			 Resources.
(e) For any person to
			 leave waterfowl decoys overnight.
(f) For any person to access the water in the
			 section of Mud Creek WMA that lies west of the railroad tracks and east of the
			 furthest west Mud Creek WMA boundary 48 hours prior to waterfowl season
			 openings. Persons may enter that area at 3:00 AM on waterfowl season opening
			 days.
(g) To have more than 25
			 shotgun shells in the possession of each hunter (excluding youth hunters during
			 the designated youth hunt days) while hunting waterfowl on all Jackson County
			 Waterfowl Management Areas (Crow Creek WMA, Mud Creek WMA, and Raccoon Creek
			 WMA).
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.165 - Mallard-Fox And Swan Creek Wildlife Management Areas Waterfowl Hunting

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(1) In addition to 220-2-.55, it shall be
			 unlawful on Swan Creek and Mallard-Fox Creek Wildlife Management Areas (WMA):
(a) For any person to leave any vehicle
			 parked at the established launching sites. Hunters must use the designated
			 parking areas. However, physically disabled persons with approved handicapped
			 vehicles may be parked at the designated handicapped parking location at the
			 main launch only.
(b) For any
			 person to create or hunt from any dug-out or excavated area.
(c) To construct and/or utilize permanent
			 waterfowl hunting blinds (those using building materials, flooring, or
			 floatation and/or remaining in position overnight) anywhere on the Swan Creek
			 or Mallard-Fox Creek WMAs. All such blinds shall be disposed of as deemed
			 advisable by the Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division of the Department
			 of Conservation and Natural Resources.
(d) For any person using waterfowl decoys on
			 Swan Creek WMA to leave said decoys out overnight.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.168 - Fees

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Act 2015-441 authorizes any state agency that statutorily
				levies or assesses fees to fund its operations and programs to increase those
				fees by means provided in the Act. Pursuant to the authority of Act 2015-441,
				certain statutory fees related to the Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries
				Division have been increased. See the table below for a list of increased fees.
				The statutory fees in column three are increased to the amounts in column
				four.
FEES
1
2
3
4
Authorizing
							 Statutes
Description
Statutory
							 Fee
New fee Authorized by Act
							 2015-441
9-11-413
Commercial Fowl Hunt Preserve -
							 Nonexempt
$25
$30
9-11-413
Commercial Fowl Hunt Preserve - Additional Acres -
							 Nonexempt
$5
$6
9-11-413
Commercial Fowl Hunt Preserve -
							 Exempt
$500
$600
9-12-202
Alligator Farmer
$1000
$1,200
9-12-206
Alligator Parts Dealer
$100
$120
9-12-206
Alligator Retailer
$5
$6
9-11-342
Commercial Quail Breeders
$25
$30
9-11-261
Propagation Permit
$1
$1
9-11-63
Non-Resident Fur Dealer
$300
$360
9-11-143
Resident Freshwater Commercial
$99
$118
9-11-373
Resident Mussel Buyers
$100
$120
9-11-372
Resident Mussel Catchers
$250
$300
9-11-153
Freshwater Non-Game Retail Fish
							 Dealers
$10
$12
9-11-153
Freshwater Non-game
Wholesale Fish Dealers
$25
$30
9-11-373
Non-Resident Mussel Buyers
$300
$360
9-11-372
Non-Resident Mussel Catchers
$750
$900
9-11-58
Non-Resident Minnows and Live Fish
							 Retail
$200
$240
9-11-58
Non-Resident Minnows and Live Fish
							 Wholesale
$250
$300
Author:
Christopher M. Blankenship
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-2-8,
				  9-2-12; Alabama Act
				  2015-441.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.169 - Deer Enclosure Registration License

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(1) Any person, firm, corporation, or
			 association that operates an enclosure for a game animal of the species of the
			 family Cervidae defined in Ala. Code Section
			 9-11-500(1) and
			 that complies with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations may apply for
			 registration of each enclosure with the Alabama Department of Conservation and
			 Natural Resources.
(2) Registration
			 forms must be submitted for each enclosure, by location on or before July 1 of
			 each year for the upcoming hunting season. The forms are available at
www.outdooralabama.com
.
(3) Registrants may hunt deer by gun deer
			 stalk hunting methods during the period of October 15 thru January 6, unless a
			 different period is designated by the Department. Outside of designated dates,
			 deer can only be hunted by bow and arrow stalk hunting methods that are
			 applicable to the deer zone where the property is located as described in
			 220-2-.01 Hunting
			 Seasons.
(4) Each individual
			 enclosure must be in full compliance with applicable laws, county and municipal
			 ordinances, and Department rules and regulations, specifically Ala. Admin. Code
			 R. 220-2-.147 and
			 220-2-.156. Such enclosures must
			 contain only species of the family Cervidae as defined in Section
			 9-11-500(1).
(5) Enclosures must at all times be open for
			 entry and inspection by Conservation Officers and other duly authorized agents
			 of the Department.
(6) Deer hunters
			 permitted to hunt under this registration must adhere to all applicable state
			 and local laws and ordinances, as well as Department rules and
			 regulations.
(7) A violation of any
			 provision of this rule is subject to the revocation, suspension, or denial of
			 registration, and may also be subject to civil and criminal sanctions imposed
			 by Alabama Act No. 2022-423.
Author:
Christopher M. Blankenship
Statutory Authority:
9-2-7, 9-2-8, 9-2-12;
				  Alabama Act 2022-423.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-3 - MARINE RESOURCES DIVISION › Section 220-3-.02 - Oystering

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(1) The taking of
			 oysters from public reefs is regulated by both the Department of Conservation
			 and Natural Resources, Marine Resources Division and the Alabama Department of
			 Public Health.
(2) Prior to being
			 issued an oyster catcher's license, oyster aquaculture license or working on a
			 licensed aquaculture site, each person shall obtain Marine Resources
			 Division/Alabama Department of Public Health approved training every five (5)
			 years. The training shall include required harvest, handling, and
			 transportation practices as determined by the Marine Resources Division and the
			 Alabama Department of Public Health;
(a) A
			 harvester shall obtain proof of completion of the required training.
(b) Proof of training obtained by the
			 harvester within the past five (5) years shall be presented to the Marine
			 Resources Division prior to the issuance of an oyster aquaculture license,
			 oyster harvester, or oyster dredge license.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-3 - MARINE RESOURCES DIVISION › Section 220-3-.04 - Miscellaneous And Public Access Regulation

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(1)
(a)
			 Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, in this regulation, the term
			 "public access area" shall include any state-owned, leased, and/or operated,
			 boat launching and/or landing access area, parking lot, ramp, pier (unless Gulf
			 State Park Pier), and any real or personal property within the boundaries of
			 said areas.
(b) For the purpose of
			 all laws and regulations pertaining to seafoods, the phrase "inside waters of
			 the State of Alabama" includes all waters north of a line extending from the
			 Florida-Alabama line westward along the shore to Alabama Point, thence along
			 the Baldwin County beaches of the Gulf of Mexico to the intersection with the
			 Territorial Sea line on Fort Morgan Peninsula, known as Mobile Point
			 (30°-13.46'N, 088°-01.72'W), thence following the Territorial Sea Line
			 across the mouth of Mobile Bay to Dauphin Island (30°-14.77'N,
			 088°-04.48'W), thence along the Dauphin Island beaches of the Gulf of
			 Mexico to the intersection with the Territorial Sea Line on the west point of
			 Dauphin Island (30°-13.72'N, 088°- 19.81'W),thence following the
			 Territorial Sea Line southwest to the intersection with the Alabama-Mississippi
			 state line (30°-12.82'N, 088°-23.54'W).
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-3 - MARINE RESOURCES DIVISION › Section 220-3-.08 - Redfish And Speckled Sea Trout Regulations (REPEALED)

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Author:
N. Gunter Guy, Jr.
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-2-4,
				  9-2-7,
				  9-2-8,
				  9-2-12.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-3 - MARINE RESOURCES DIVISION › Section 220-3-.11 - Red Drum (Redfish) And Spotted Seatrout Regulations. (REPEALED)

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Author:
John W. Hodnett
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-2-4,
				  9-2-7,
				  9-2-8,
				  9-2-12.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-3 - MARINE RESOURCES DIVISION › Section 220-3-.15 - Oyster Season And Harvest Limits

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(1)
Seasons and Times.
Certain
			 public water bottoms of Alabama not closed by the Department of Public Health,
			 shall be opened for the taking of oysters but only from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
			 Monday through Friday of each week and only from October 1 through April 30 of
			 the following year. All oysters taken from the public reefs shall be landed
			 within one hour of the closure time each day. All public water bottoms shall be
			 closed to the taking of oysters from May 1 through September 30 of each
			 year.
(2)
Areas.
The
			 areas that will be open to the taking of oysters will be designated by the
			 Director of the Marine Resources Division and will be publicized using a news
			 release.
(3)
Harvest
			 Limits.
The commercial harvest of oysters by licensed oyster catchers
			 shall be limited to six (6) sacks or approved containers per licensed oyster
			 catcher per day [according to the standard Alabama measure of one-quarter (1/4)
			 Alabama barrel per sack or container] or six (6) sacks per boat per day
			 regardless of the number of licensed oyster catchers on board the boat;
			 provided further, no licensed oyster catcher may move to another boat or
			 transfer his catch to, or place his catch in, another boat for purposes of
			 avoiding the requirements of this regulation. A boat towed to or from the
			 public oyster reefs and upon which oysters are transported from the public
			 oyster reefs shall be considered as part of the towing boat for the purposes of
			 the daily limit of six (6) sacks or containers per boat, unless a licensed
			 oyster catcher or catchers remains on board the boat at all times while on the
			 public oyster reefs or transporting oysters from the public oyster
			 reefs.
Author:
N. Gunter Guy, Jr.
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-2-4,
				  9-2-7,
				  9-2-8,
				  9-2-12.
Penalty:
As provided by law.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-3 - MARINE RESOURCES DIVISION › Section 220-3-.20 - Prohibition Of Commercial Taking Or Possession, Or Purchase/Sale/Trade Of King Mackerel

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It shall be unlawful to take or attempt to take, or possess,
				king mackerel, for commercial purposes, from the waters of the State of
				Alabama. In addition, it shall be unlawful to purchase, barter, trade, or sell
				any king mackerel taken from the waters of the State of Alabama on or after the
				effective date of this regulation, regardless of the purpose for which said
				fish were taken. This regulation shall expire on July 1, 1993.
Author:
James D. Martin
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-2-4,
				  9-2-7,
				  9-2-8,
				  9-2-12.
PENALTY:
As provided by
				  law.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-3 - MARINE RESOURCES DIVISION › Section 220-3-.22 - Creel/Possession Limit On Ling (Cobia)

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It is unlawful for any person to take or have in possession,
				for commercial or recreational purposes, more than two (2) Ling (Cobia), from
				the waters of the State of Alabama.
Author:
James D. Martin
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-2-4,
				  9-2-7,
				  9-2-8,
				  9-2-12.
PENALTY:
As provided by
				  law.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-3 - MARINE RESOURCES DIVISION › Section 220-3-.23 - Closed Season And Creel/Possession Limit On Red Snapper For Commercial Purposes

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Effective at Midnight on May 14, 1992, it shall be unlawful to
				take, harvest, or possess, for commercial purposes, Red Snapper, from the
				waters of the State of Alabama.
Author:
James D. Martin
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-2-4,
				  9-2-7,
				  9-2-8,
				  9-2-12.
PENALTY:
As provided by
				  law.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-3 - MARINE RESOURCES DIVISION › Section 220-3-.24 - Oyster Tags

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(1) Oyster tags
			 issued by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Marine
			 Resources Division, to be placed on each sack of oysters harvested for
			 commercial purposes (as provided by Section
			 9-12-67,
Code of Ala.
			 1975
) or noncommercial purposes shall be identified in accordance
			 with the requirements of the National Shellfish Sanitation Program Guide for
			 the Control of Molluscan Shellfish, as adopted by the state Department of
			 Public Health.
(2) All oysters
			 harvested from public reefs must be landed at the Oyster Management Station
			 where tags shall be purchased and the information shall be completed or
			 supplied (as required by the Marine Resources Division) by the harvester and
			 the tag shall be immediately attached to each sack or container of oysters
			 before leaving the Oyster Management Station.
(3) Harvesters operating on private or
			 aquaculture areas shall purchase appropriate harvest tags prior to harvesting
			 oysters. Each sack or container must be tagged immediately and have the time of
			 harvest written on the tag.
(4)
			 Bulk tagging may be utilized by licensed aquaculture sites, in accordance with
			 the requirements of the National Shellfish Sanitation Program Guide for the
			 Control of Molluscan Shellfish, as adopted by the state Department of Public
			 Health, for transportation from harvest location to a certified shellfish
			 dealer or processor.
(a) Oysters, held in
			 bulk and intended for raw consumption, must be harvested within the Time and
			 Temperature Matrix established by the state Department of Public
			 Health.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-3 - MARINE RESOURCES DIVISION › Section 220-3-.26 - Artificial Fishing Reef Regulation

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(a) Section
			 9-12-150,
Code of Ala.
			 1975
, provides for the regulation of artificial fishing reefs and
			 related activities.
(b) Vessels
			 transporting permitted artificial reef material shall depart the dock and
			 deploy said material only during the hours of one hour before sunrise to one
			 hour after sunset and only on Monday through Friday of each week; provided,
			 however, that a person, firm, corporation, or association may during such hours
			 on weekends also transport such material within the inside waters of Alabama as
			 defined by Rule
			 220-3-.04 to stage material for
			 deployment; and provided, further, however, that a person, firm, corporation or
			 association may, upon written authorization of the Marine Resources Director,
			 be authorized to transport materials during other hours of the day or night or
			 other days of the week, as determined by the Marine Resources
			 Director.
(c) Rule
			 220-3-.26, as previously adopted,
			 is hereby repealed in its entirety.
(e) Any person violating any of the
			 provisions of this regulation shall be punished as provided by law.
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-2-4,
				  9-2-7,
				  9-2-8,
				  9-2-12.
PENALTY:
As provided by
				  law.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-3 - MARINE RESOURCES DIVISION › Section 220-3-.27 - Closed Season And Creel/Possession Limit On King Mackerel For Commercial Purposes

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During such period of time that the federal waters (adjoining
				Alabama waters) are closed to the commercial harvest of King Mackerel, it shall
				be unlawful to take, harvest, or possess, for commercial purposes, King
				Mackerel, from the waters of the State of Alabama.
Author:
James D. Martin
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-2-4,
				  9-2-7,
				  9-2-8,
				  9-2-12.
PENALTY:
As provided by
				  law.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-3 - MARINE RESOURCES DIVISION › Section 220-3-.31 - Crabs

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(1) No person,
			 firm, or corporation shall take, catch, sell, transport, or possess blue crabs
			 that measure less than five inches (5") carapace width as measured from the tip
			 of one lateral spine to tip of the opposite lateral spine. Provided, however,
			 this limitation does not apply to soft-shelled crabs or to pre-molt crabs if
			 the pre-molt crabs are taken solely for the purpose of shedding and held in
			 compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Exempted pre-molt crabs shall
			 exhibit, at a minimum, a pink or red line on the back paddle fin, which is
			 recognized by the crab industry as a preliminary pre-molt stage.
(a) Softshell or pre-molt crabs must be held
			 in a separate container, marked "peelers" or "busters", from those crabs of
			 legal size while in the possession of the fisherman.
(b) Pre-molt crabs in the possession of, or
			 held by, a dealer for sale or processing as softshell crabs, are exempted from
			 the minimum prescribed size limit, if identified as pre-molt crabs, and held in
			 separate containers marked "peelers" or "busters".
(c) Crabs in a work box shall not be subject
			 to the minimum prescribed size limit while aboard the vessel. Commercial crab
			 fishermen shall be allowed to have in possession aboard the vessel two work
			 boxes. Crab boxes which are sealed or covered, other than by a grader, shall
			 not be considered a work box.
(d)
			 Except from January 15 through May 15, all egg bearing females, otherwise known
			 as gravid, berried or sponge crabs, must be immediately returned to the water.
			 Possession of egg bearing female crabs shall be prohibited with the exception
			 of January 15 through May 15.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-3 - MARINE RESOURCES DIVISION › Section 220-3-.32 - Menhaden Taken By Purse Seine

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(1) Except as otherwise provided by law or
			 regulations, it shall be unlawful to use purse seines for the taking or
			 attempting to take fishes of other than those of the families Clupeidae
			 (menhaden and herrings) and Engraulidae (anchovies) in the territorial waters
			 of this State; provided however, that an incidental bycatch of five (5) percent
			 by number of other fishes (excluding game fish) is allowable while purse
			 seining in Alabama waters.
(2) It
			 shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to take or attempt to
			 take menhaden by purse seine except as follows:
(a) The starting date for the commercial
			 menhaden season in the territorial waters of Alabama shall be the third Monday
			 in April and the closing date shall be November 1 of each year (both dates
			 inclusive).
(b) The taking of
			 menhaden by purse seine shall be permitted only in those waters of the Gulf of
			 Mexico as described below:
Mississippi Sound South and west of a line extending from the
				eastern tip of the South Rigolets (30°21'. 120N, 088°23'. 490W)
				Westward to the charted position of Bayou LaBatre Channel marker "19", then
				running due south to its intersection with Dauphin Island, except those waters
				lying within one (1) mile of the shoreline of Dauphin Island shall be closed.
				The Gulf of Mexico for a distance of three (3) miles, except those waters lying
				within one (1) mile of the Gulf Beaches shall be closed.
Author:
James D. Martin
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-3 - MARINE RESOURCES DIVISION › Section 220-3-.33 - Marine Turtles And Marine Mammals

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(1) It shall be unlawful to take or attempt
			 to take, catch, or attempt to catch, possess, molest, injure, kill, feed,
			 harass, or do any other activity, including any act of pursuit, torment, or
			 interaction, that causes disruption of behavioral patterns or otherwise
			 interferes with the normal activity or well-being of, any marine turtles,
			 mammalian dolphins (porpoises), and manatees, except as may be authorized by a
			 valid permit.
(2) It shall be
			 unlawful to take, catch, molest or have in possession marine (saltwater)
			 turtles whether on land or in any of the waters of Alabama, or to take or
			 disturb or have in possession the eggs of such turtles.
The term marine (saltwater) turtles shall include, but is not
				limited to, the following species: Atlantic Loggerhead, Atlantic Green Turtle,
				Atlantic Ridley, Atlantic Hawksbill and the Atlantic Leatherback.
(3) Any person, firm or
			 corporation desiring to take, catch, move, transport or possess one (1) or more
			 marine mammals or marine turtles or the eggs of marine turtles from the waters
			 or land masses of this State for scientific, education or exhibition purposes
			 shall apply for a permit to the Department of Conservation and Natural
			 Resources, Marine Resources Division. Upon determining that interest in science
			 or education will be served thereby, the Director of the Marine Resources
			 Division may issue a permit specifying the number of marine mammals or marine
			 turtles or the eggs of marine turtles to be taken.
(a) Any person, firm or corporation desiring
			 to hold one (1) or more marine mammals or marine turtles or the eggs of marine
			 turtles in captivity shall provide and maintain facilities which meet the
			 requirements of the Director of the Marine Resources Division.
(b) No marine mammals or marine turtles or
			 the eggs of marine turtles shall be shipped within or outside the State without
			 a special permit from the Director of the Marine Resources Division which may
			 require such information as he deems necessary relative to the adequacy of
			 holding facilities of the recipients and a permit for such equipment shall be
			 granted only when the Director determines the facilities are
			 adequate.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-3 - MARINE RESOURCES DIVISION › Section 220-3-.34 - Closed Crab Fishing Season

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There is hereby established a closed fishing season for the
				taking or harvesting of crabs by the use of crab traps in any waters in the
				Mobile Delta north of the line as provided by Rule
				220-2-.42(1) of
				the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, that line therein being
				described as Interstate Highway 10 eastbound land (except that portion of
				Interstate Highway 10 which lies north of State Highway 90 Battleship Parkway,
				in which case the line follows the Battleship Parkway). Any person attempting
				to take or harvest, or taking or harvesting, crabs by the use of crab traps in
				the area of the closed season shall be in violation of this regulation.
Author:
James D. Martin
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-2-4,
				  9-2-7,
				  9-2-8.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-3 - MARINE RESOURCES DIVISION › Section 220-3-.36 - Closed Net Fishing Season

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Effective November 13, 1996, there is hereby established a
				closed fishing season for the taking or attempting to take fish by the use of
				any gill net, trammel net, or other entangling net, in Old River (Baldwin
				County), south of a line beginning at the easternmost point of Ono Island
				running in a westwardly direction along the south shore of Ono Island and
				ending at the westernmost point of Ono Island. Any person using, or attempting
				to use, any gill net, trammel net, or other entangling net, in the areas of the
				closed season shall be in violation of this regulation.
Author:
James D. Martin
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-2-4,
				  9-2-7,
				  9-2-8,
				  9-2-12.
PENALTY:
As provided by
				  law.