Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.42 - Division Of Wildlife And Freshwater Fisheries And Marine Resources Division Jurisdictional Lines For Certain Fishing Licenses And Operations; Use And Possession Of Certain Nets

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) For the purposes of the freshwater
			 fishing licensing requirements of Sections
			 9-11-53, 53.4, 55, and 56,
Code of Ala. 1975
, said licenses shall be applicable
			 to such activities as provided for therein which occur north of the
			 below-described line, as well as below said line in those ponds or lakes
			 containing freshwater fish. For the purposes of the saltwater fishing licensing
			 requirements of Sections
			 9-11-53.1, 53.5, and 55.2,
Code of Ala. 1975
, said licenses shall be applicable
			 to such activities as provided for therein which occur south of the
			 below-described line. The line is described as follows:
Beginning at the Mississippi State line, a meandering line
				following U.S. Highway 90 eastwardly to its junction with State Highway 188;
				State Highway 188 eastwardly to its junction with State Highway 193; State
				Highway 193 northwardly to its junction with State Highway 163; State Highway
				163 northwardly to its intersection with Interstate Highway 10 (except all of
				the Theodore Industrial Canal); Interstate Highway 10 eastbound lane (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) to
				Interstate Highway 10's intersection with U.S. Highway 98; U.S. Highway 98
				southwardly and eastwardly to its intersection with State Highway 59; State
				Highway 59 southwardly to its intersection with Baldwin County Highway 20;
				Baldwin County Highway 20 eastwardly to its intersection with Baldwin County
				Highway 95; Baldwin County Highway 95 northwardly to its intersection with U.S.
				Highway 98; U.S. Highway 98 eastwardly to its intersection with the western
				shore of Perdido Bay; then the western shore of Perdido Bay northwardly to the
				intersection of the Florida State Line and the mouth of the Perdido
				River.
(2)
(a) All commercial fishing operations, as
			 well as recreational netting operations, and all gear used in any of such
			 operations, in state jurisdictional waters north of Interstate 10 eastbound
			 lane (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) shall be subject to those laws, rules and regulations of the Division
			 of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries of the Department of Conservation and
			 Natural Resources. Provided further, it shall be unlawful to use any net (other
			 than hoop and fyke nets) with mesh size of less than three inches (3") knot to
			 knot with a stretch or spread of less than six inches (6") in the public
			 impounded waters and navigable streams in the state of Alabama north of the
			 line described in this paragraph except as provided for in other regulations or
			 laws of this state.
(b) All
			 commercial fishing operations, as well as recreational netting operations, and
			 all gear used in any of such operations, in state jurisdictional waters south
			 of Interstate 10 eastbound lane (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) shall be subject to those laws, rules, and
			 regulations of the Marine Resources Division of the Department of Conservation
			 and Natural Resources.