Section 9-11-80 Public and private waters defined. (a) All waters of this state are hereby declared to be public waters if such waters are natural bodies of water such as rivers, creeks, brooks, lakes, bayous, bays, channels, canals or lagoons or are dug, dredged or blasted canals and if these waters traverse, bound, flow upon […]
Section 9-11-81 Title to freshwater fish vested in state. The title ownership to all fish in the public fresh waters of the State of Alabama is vested in the state for the purpose of regulating the use and disposition of the same in accordance with the provisions of the laws of this state and regulations […]
Section 9-11-82 Game fish designated. For the purposes of this title the following shall be considered game fish: largemouth and smallmouth black bass, commonly called trout or green trout; bream, crappie or perch and all other members of the sunfish family, including rock bass or goggle eye, calico bass, warmouth, redbreast, white perch, speckled perch, […]
Section 9-11-83 Commercial or nongame fish designated. The following shall be considered commercial fish or nongame fish: drum, buffalo, channel catfish and all members of the catfish family and the spotted sucker and all members of the sucker family, including the species known as red horse and black horse. (Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 72, […]
Section 9-11-84 Sale, transportation, etc., of game fish taken from public or private waters. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale within this state, or ship or transport for sale within or without this state, or to ship into this state any game fish caught or taken in […]
Section 9-11-85 Game fish to be transported openly; confiscation, etc., of game fish taken or transported illegally. All game fish taken in this state must at all times be carried or transported openly, and failure to do so shall constitute a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $10.00 nor more than $25.00. […]
Section 9-11-86 Limitation on transportation, etc., of game fish beyond boundaries of state. No person, firm, or corporation shall carry, ship, or transport beyond the boundaries of this state more than one day’s creel limit of any species of game fish and then only for his or her personal use. Any person violating this section […]
Section 9-11-87 Means of catching game fish generally. It shall be unlawful for any person to take, catch, or kill or attempt to take, catch, or kill any game fish by any other means than ordinary hook and line, artificial lure, troll, or spinner in any of the public waters of this state. Any person […]
Section 9-11-88 Catching game or nongame fish by use of gill, trammel, etc., nets. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to take, catch, capture, or kill any game or nongame fish by use of a gill, trammel, or similar type net in the waters impounded by Jordan Dam, Lay Dam, Mitchell Dam, and […]
Section 9-11-89 Use of game fish for bait – Generally. It shall be unlawful for any person in the State of Alabama to use any game fish for fish bait at any time. (Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 72, p. 67, §11; Code 1940, T. 8, §67.)
Section 9-11-90 Use of game fish for bait – Use of sunfish. It shall be lawful to use the following species of the sunfish family for bait in the streams and waters of Alabama: bluegill, redear sunfish, green sunfish and/or any other species of bream; provided, that nothing in this section shall be so construed […]
Section 9-11-91 Catching, etc., of fish in private ponds, lakes, pools, or reservoirs. (a) It is unlawful for any person to take, catch, or kill or attempt to take, catch, or kill fish or aid in the taking, catching, or killing of fish of any species by the means or use of a seine, net, […]
Section 9-11-91.1 Unauthorized fishing from or near fish farm. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to fish or take fish from any fish farm except with the consent of the owner thereof. Any person possessing fishing tackle on the premises of a fish farm shall be rebuttably presumed to be fishing. (b) Any […]
Section 9-11-92 Preventing passage of fish up rivers or creeks. Any person who by means of traps or other obstructions other than dams prevents the passage of fish up the waters of any river or creek in this state must, on conviction, be fined not more than $100.00, but it shall not be unlawful to […]
Section 9-11-93 Catching, killing, etc., of fish by use of poisons or explosives. Any person who takes, catches, kills, or attempts to take, catch, or kill fish by depositing in any public stream or public body of water in Alabama any poison, poisonous substance, fishberries, lime, or other deleterious or poisonous matter, or any person […]
Section 9-11-94 Catching, killing, etc., of game or nongame fish by means not expressly allowed. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to take, catch, stun, or kill or attempt to take, catch, stun, or kill any game or nongame fish by any means other than those which are expressly allowed by law or […]
Section 9-11-94.1 Purchase of tags required for each tarpon taken, killed, or harvested. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to possess or kill or harvest from the public waters of this state the fish commonly known as the tarpon (Megalops Atlanticus), and has been designated as the official state saltwater fish of the […]
Section 9-11-95 Disposition of fines, forfeitures, etc. All money arising under the provisions of this article from fines, forfeitures, etc., and not otherwise provided for shall be forwarded to the Treasurer on the first day of each month and covered into the Game and Fish Fund. (Code 1907, §6903; Code 1923, §4064; Code 1940, T. […]
