Section 9-11-140 Use of commercial fishing gear in public impounded waters and navigable streams – When, where, and how permitted. Any person engaged in the taking, killing or capturing of commercial or nongame fish from the public impounded waters and navigable streams of the State of Alabama may use in such commercial fishing operations hoop […]
Section 9-11-141 Use of commercial fishing gear in public impounded waters and navigable streams – License – Required generally. Prior to using any nets, seines, traps or other commercial fishing devices, as specified in this article, a person shall, except to the extent otherwise provided for in this article, have first secured a license permitting […]
Section 9-11-142 Use of commercial fishing gear in public impounded waters and navigable streams – License – Individual licenses required; exception for certain assistants. It is the intent of this article that the license provided herein for the taking of commercial or nongame fish from the public impounded waters and navigable streams of the State […]
Section 9-11-143 Use of commercial fishing gear in public impounded waters and navigable streams – License – Issuance; fees; records; disposition of fees. The judge of probate, the commissioner of licenses or such person or persons duly appointed by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources and so authorized by him to issue the license […]
Section 9-11-144 Use of commercial fishing gear in public impounded waters and navigable streams -License – Expiration. Each license issued under the provisions of this article shall expire on September 30 of the year for which such license is issued. (Acts 1953, No. 784, p. 1069, §3.)
Section 9-11-145 Use of commercial fishing gear in public impounded waters and navigable streams – License – Forfeiture. Upon conviction of any person for the violation of any of the provisions of this article, all licenses held by any such person to fish commercially or operate or use commercial fishing gear in the public impounded […]
Section 9-11-146 Disposition of proceeds from sale of licenses, etc. The proceeds from the sale of all licenses required by any of the provisions of this article and all other proceeds arising under this article shall be deposited to the credit of the Game and Fish Fund of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. […]
Section 9-11-147 Marking location of and identifying fishing gear. It shall be unlawful for any person to use any of the fishing gear mentioned in Section 9-11-141, except slat boxes, in the public impounded waters and navigable streams of this state without marking their location by buoys or floats and identifying such nets and lines […]
Section 9-11-148 Game fish taken to be returned to waters; possession of game fish by commercial fishermen. Should any species of fish designated by the laws or regulations of this state as game fish be taken from the public impounded waters or navigable streams of this state by the use of commercial fishing gear, such […]
Section 9-11-149 Use of fishing gear within one-half mile below lock or dam. The use of the commercial fishing gear as designated in this article shall not be permitted within one-half mile below any lock or dam on any waters to which this article applies. (Acts 1953, No. 784, p. 1069, §7.)
Section 9-11-150 Use of fishing gear within 100 yards of mouths of streams, etc., emptying into salt waters or bays. No person shall take or catch or attempt to take or catch any fish by means of any of the fishing gear designated in this article within 100 yards above or below the mouth of […]
Section 9-11-151 Seizure, confiscation and disposition of fishing gear used in violation of article. Should any law enforcement officer of this state or employee of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources of the State of Alabama discover commercial fishing gear being used in violation of the terms of this article, he shall seize and […]
Section 9-11-152 Shipment or transportation of fish taken in violation of article; seizure, confiscation and disposition of fish illegally transported or shipped. It shall be unlawful to knowingly ship or transport or to knowingly receive for shipment or transportation any fish taken from the public impounded waters or navigable streams of this state in violation […]
Section 9-11-153 Wholesale and retail freshwater nongame fish dealers’ licenses; commercial paddlefish dealer’s license. (a) Every person, firm, association, or corporation engaged in the buying, selling, or handling of freshwater nongame fish for the purpose of resale, whether handled on a commission basis or otherwise, and every person, firm, association, or corporation shipping freshwater nongame […]
Section 9-11-154 Records of wholesalers and retailers of freshwater nongame fish; inspection, etc., of records. All wholesalers and retailers of freshwater nongame fish in this state shall be required to keep in record form the names and addresses of the persons, firms, corporations or associations from whom said fish were purchased or received and the […]
Section 9-11-155 Applicability of provisions of article. The provisions of this article licensing the use of setlines, trotlines or snaglines shall not apply to resident fishermen and shall not apply to state or federal agencies conducting research on freshwater fish, nor shall it apply to nonresident fishermen who have acquired a sport fishing license of […]
Section 9-11-156 Penalties for violations of provisions of article. Any person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation violating any of the provisions of this article or rules and regulations based thereon shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and, upon conviction for the first offense, shall be punished by a fine of not more than […]
