Code of Alabama - Title 9: Conservation and Natural Resources - Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife

• Article 1 General Provisions.
• Section 9-11-1 Definitions
  As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) HEREIN, HEREAFTER...
• Section 9-11-2 Acquisition of lands for state game lands; erection, etc., of buildings for propagation of game, birds or fish
  The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources may with the consent and approval of the Governor by lease, gift or otherwise acquire title to or...
• Section 9-11-2.1 Closing of existing hunting lands; replacement acreage; annual reports
  (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources....
• Section 9-11-3 Title and deeds to acquired lands; supervision of same
  The title to any land acquired by gift or otherwise shall first be approved by the Attorney General, and such title shall vest in the...
• Section 9-11-4 State game refuges or sanctuaries; shooting preserves, game refuges, etc., in national forests, etc
  The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources may on approval of the Governor establish and maintain state game refuges or sanctuaries for the protection, preservation...
• Section 9-11-5 Commissioner, wardens, etc., constituted peace officers
  The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, his wardens, agents and employees shall be and are hereby constituted peace officers of the State of Alabama...
• Section 9-11-6 Violations of fish and game laws - Jurisdiction; reporting of convictions and disposition of fines
  The district courts of Alabama shall be and are hereby given final jurisdiction to try and convict persons, firms or corporations violating any of the...
• Section 9-11-7 Violations of fish and game laws - District attorneys to prosecute; district attorney's fee
  The district attorney of any county in which any violation of the provisions of the game and fish laws or the rules and regulations set...
• Section 9-11-8 Violations of fish and game laws - Authority of enforcement officers, etc., generally; arrest without warrant
  All enforcement officers and inspectors employed by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources are clothed with the power and authority of deputy sheriffs and...
• Section 9-11-9 Violations of fish and game laws - Service and return of warrant as to firms or corporations
  In cases of violation of any of the provisions of the game and fish laws or the rules and regulations based thereunder by any person,...
• Section 9-11-10 Violations of fish and game laws - Clerks to report results of prosecutions
  Every court or clerk of any court before whom any prosecution under the provisions of the game and fish laws is had shall, on or...
• Section 9-11-11 Violations of fish and game laws - Charging of several offenses
  Two or more offenses may be charged in the same affidavit, complaint or indictment, and proof as to a part of a game bird, animal...
• Section 9-11-12 Violations of fish and game laws - Fees of arresting officers
  When an arrest for a violation of the provisions of the game and fish laws is made by a salaried officer and the defendant is...
• Section 9-11-13 Violations of fish and game laws - Style of proceedings
  The proceedings before the district court must be prosecuted in the name of the State of Alabama.
• Section 9-11-14 Violations of fish and game laws - Procedure on appeal
  Appeals from the district court to the circuit court shall be governed by the procedure set forth in Chapter 12 of Title 12 of this
• Section 9-11-15 Violations of fish and game laws - Judgment on appeal
  If the judgment is affirmed on appeal, judgment shall be entered against the defendant for the total amount of the fine, together with all the...
• Section 9-11-16 Seizure, forfeiture and disposal of prohibited devices, etc., used in catching, killing, etc., fish or fur-bearing animals
  (a) It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources or any of his wardens or agents to seize all instruments...
• Section 9-11-17 Deputy game and fish wardens; appointment; duties; authority; revocation of appointment; compensation and status
  REPEALED IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2018-201 EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
• Section 9-11-18 Furnishing of equipment for game and fish wardens
  Game and fish wardens may be furnished with necessary skiffs, outboard motors and other equipment necessary in the performance of their duties as such game...
• Section 9-11-19 Assent to federal act relating to fish restoration and management projects; disposition of fishing license fees generally
  The State of Alabama hereby assents to the provisions of the act of Congress entitled "An act to provide that the United States shall aid...
• Section 9-11-20 Release of turkeys into wild areas of state prohibited; exceptions; penalty
  (a) It shall be unlawful to release any tame turkey, or any other turkey, whether wild or tame, into any of the wild areas of...
• Section 9-11-21 Investigation of hunting deaths by grand jury; reporting of such accidents
  (a) Any hunting accident involving a gun or bow and arrow when such accident results in death and when such death is caused by one...
• Section 9-11-22 Commercial fishing equipment required to be affixed with tags; identifying information
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all commercial fishing equipment used in the waters of this state shall be affixed with a tag which...
• Section 9-11-23 Alabama Marine Resources Endowment Fund
  (a) There is created within the Marine Resources Fund, a special account to be known as the Alabama Marine Resources Endowment Fund. The assets of...
• Section 9-11-24 Violation of fish and game laws - Assessment of court costs
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c), the total court costs assessed against a defendant convicted of a game and fish violation...
• Section 9-11-25 Licenses and permits not transferable; penalties
  (a) Licenses and permits issued by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources pursuant to this chapter are not transferable, and it is unlawful for...
• Section 9-11-26 Penalty for offering to sell shellfish, wild fish, or farm-raised fish processed with certain banned drugs
  Any person, including a processor, distributor, retailer, or food service establishment, who knowingly offers for direct retail sale for human consumption any shellfish, wild fish,...
• Article 2 Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Licenses Generally.
• Section 9-11-30 Game breeder's license - Issuance; renewal; expiration; fees
  (a) For the purposes of this section, Section 9-11-31, and Section 9-11-31.1, the term "protected game animals and game birds" means any species of bird...
• Section 9-11-31 Game breeder's license - Sales by licensee; nonindigenous game breeder option
  (a) Any person, firm, corporation, or association holding a game breeder's license as provided in Section 9-11-30 may sell live protected game animals and game...
• Section 9-11-31.1 Game breeder's license - Violations
  (a) Any person, firm, corporation, or association who knowingly violates Section 9-11-30 or 9-11-31, or any rules promulgated pursuant to Section 9-11-30 or 9-11-31, including,...
• Section 9-11-32 Duration and scope of licenses
  Unless specifically provided otherwise by law, all annual wildlife heritage, hunting, and fishing licenses issued pursuant to this chapter shall be dated when issued and...
• Section 9-11-33 Hunting and fishing licenses generally - Numbering; delivery of blank licenses to issuing authorities; return of unused licenses and stubs
  All hunting and fishing licenses, both resident and nonresident, shall be numbered consecutively at the time they are printed. Blank licenses shall be furnished by...
• Section 9-11-34 Hunting and fishing licenses generally - License cards
  Repealed by Act 99-661, 2nd Sp. Sess., § 1, effective February 1, 2000.
• Section 9-11-35 Hunting or fishing license not required of member of armed forces during war
  No person serving as a member of the Armed Forces of the United States of America shall be required to procure a hunting license or...
• Section 9-11-35.1 Licensing exception for residents on active military duty
  A resident of this state on active military duty, who is in this state on leave and who has proof of that status in his...
• Section 9-11-36 Issuance of licenses generally - Persons authorized; record
  The judge of probate, the license commissioner or such person or persons not residing at the county seat in which the county courthouse is located...
• Section 9-11-37 Issuance of licenses generally - Issuance fee; reports
  (a) There shall be a $1.00 issuance fee for all licenses sold by the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries of the Department of Conservation...
• Section 9-11-38 Special agents for issuing hunting and fishing licenses - Application for appointment; authority
  Any person, firm or corporation who or which resides at the county seat in which the county courthouse is located and who or which is...
• Section 9-11-39 Special agents for issuing hunting and fishing licenses - Bond generally; appointment
  Such person, firm or corporation who or which applies to the judge of probate or license commissioner for the purpose of acting as special agent...
• Section 9-11-40 Special agents for issuing hunting and fishing licenses - Bond of agents to be payable to judge of probate or license commissioner
  The indemnity bond referred to in Section 9-11-39 shall be made payable to the judge of probate or license commissioner to protect him for the...
• Section 9-11-41 Special agents for issuing hunting and fishing licenses - Furnishing of blank licenses to agents
  Upon the designation or appointment of such person, firm or corporation to act as special agent, as provided for in Section 9-11-39, the judge of...
• Section 9-11-42 Special agents for issuing hunting and fishing licenses - Duties generally; remittance of fees collected, etc., to probate judge or license commissioner
  The special agents shall keep an accurate record of the persons to whom the licenses are sold and shall, on or before the fifth day...
• Section 9-11-43 Responsibility of judge of probate or license commissioner as to licenses; disposition of fees from sale of licenses
  The judge of probate or license commissioner shall be responsible to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources for the licenses which said Department of...
• Section 9-11-44
  (a) Any person who is age 16 years or older, but who has not reached 65 years of age, who has resided in Alabama continuously...
• Section 9-11-44.1 Certification of completion of approved hunter education course required for issuance of license; penalty; "supervision required" status
  (a) It shall be unlawful for any person born on or after August 1, 1977, and of 16 years of age or older, or his...
• Section 9-11-45 License to hunt on wildlife management areas; fee; violations
  (a) Unless a person is properly licensed for a particular activity under the wildlife heritage license, any person who hunts on state operated wildlife management...
• Section 9-11-45.1 Use of crossbows for hunting
  The Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources may by regulation authorize the use of crossbows for hunting.
• Section 9-11-46 Nonresident hunting licenses - "Small game only."
  Any nonresident of this state who is 16 years old or older shall procure an annual "small game only" hunting license to hunt all legal...
• Section 9-11-47 Nonresident hunting licenses - "All game."
  Any nonresident of this state who is 16 years old or older shall procure an annual "all game hunt license" to hunt all legal game...
• Section 9-11-48 Nonresident hunting licenses - "Trip small game."
  Any nonresident of this state who is 16 years old or older shall, in lieu of the small game license provided for in Section 9-11-46,...
• Section 9-11-49 Nonresident hunting licenses - "Trip all game."
  Any nonresident of this state who is 16 years or older shall, in lieu of the all game license provided for in Section 9-11-47, procure...
• Section 9-11-49.1 Establishment of bag limits, etc., for certain nonresidents
  Notwithstanding any rule, regulation or law to the contrary, the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources with consent of the conservation advisory...
• Section 9-11-50 Hunting by persons under 16 years of age
  No person under the age of 16 years will be required to procure a hunting license to hunt within the State of Alabama; provided, that...
• Section 9-11-51 Hunting without license, etc
  (a) Any person other than a nonresident who hunts in this state or who utilizes a Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries shooting range without...
• Section 9-11-52 Dog trainer's license
  Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
• Section 9-11-53 Resident license - Freshwater fishing
  (a) Any person who has been a bona fide resident of this state for a period of not less than 90 days next preceding and...
• Section 9-11-53.1 Resident license - Saltwater fishing
  (a)(1) Any person who has been a bona fide resident of this state for a period of not less than 90 days next preceding and...
• Section 9-11-53.2 Resident annual combination saltwater-freshwater licenses; fee; disposition of fee; additional issuance fees
  Repealed by Act 2007-418, p. 874, §6, effective September 1, 2007.
• Section 9-11-53.3 Reciprocal agreement with Florida exempting persons 65 years or older from licensing requirements
  It is the intent of the Legislature that the State of Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources enter into a reciprocal agreement with the...
• Section 9-11-53.4 Resident seven-day trip freshwater fishing license
  Repealed by Act 2007-418, p. 874, §6, effective September 1, 2007.
• Section 9-11-53.5 Resident seven-day trip saltwater fishing license
  A person who has been a bona fide resident of this state for a period of not less than 90 days next preceding and who...
• Section 9-11-53.6 Resident daily state lake fishing license
  Effective with the license year beginning September 1, 2014, a person otherwise meeting the requirements of Section 9-11-53, for the resident annual fishing license, who...
• Section 9-11-54 Special fishing license for totally disabled persons; period of validity; request for recertification of disability; fee of issuing authority; definitions
  (a) Any person who is totally and permanently disabled and receiving disability retirement from a public or private entity or a disability benefit from the...
• Section 9-11-55 Nonresident freshwater fishing licenses - Annual license; penalty
  Nonresidents of the state 16 years of age or older shall not take, catch, kill or attempt to take, catch, or kill any fish in...
• Section 9-11-55.1 Nonresident freshwater fishing licenses - Use of certain trotlines prohibited; inspection of permissible trotlines required; penalties
  (a) Nonresidents fishing in the public waters of the State of Alabama pursuant to those licenses provided for by Sections 9-11-55 or 9-11-56, are hereby...
• Section 9-11-55.2 Nonresident saltwater fishing license; cost; disposition of fees; penalty for violation
  (a) A nonresident of this state who is age 16 or older, shall not take, catch, kill, possess, or attempt to take, catch, kill, or...
• Section 9-11-55.3 Combination nonresident saltwater-freshwater license; fee
  The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources may provide for the issuance of a combination nonresident saltwater-freshwater fishing license for a combination license fee of...
• Section 9-11-55.4 Nonresident state lake fishing license
  Effective with the license year beginning September 1, 2014, a nonresident of any state who fishes the state public fishing lakes owned and operated by...
• Section 9-11-55.5 Nonresident family three-day fishing license
  Effective with the license year beginning September 1, 2014, nonresidents of any state, in lieu of any otherwise required fishing licenses, may procure a nonresident...
• Section 9-11-56 Nonresident freshwater fishing licenses - Trip license; penalty
  Any nonresident of this state 16 years of age or older shall not take, catch, kill or attempt to take, catch, or kill any fish...
• Section 9-11-56.1 Nonresident fishing licenses - Commercial license
  (a) The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, hereinafter referred to as "the department" or duly authorized designees of the department shall sell and issue...
• Section 9-11-56.2 Annual "Free Fishing Day."
  An annual "Free Fishing Day" is hereby established and created. Saturday, June 10, 1989, is hereby designated as "Free Fishing Day" for calendar year 1989....
• Section 9-11-56.3 Public fishing pier license; saltwater pier fishing license; fees
  (a) A person, firm, or corporation that operates a fishing pier open to the general public in the inside waters of the State of Alabama...
• Section 9-11-56.4 Disabled three-day fishing event license
  Effective with the license year beginning September 1, 2014, there shall be a disabled three-day fishing event license, for events sanctioned by the Commissioner of...
• Section 9-11-56.5 Disabled three-day saltwater fishing event license
  (a) Effective with the license year beginning September 1, 2019, there shall be a disabled three-day saltwater fishing event license for events sanctioned by the...
• Section 9-11-57 Fishing without license
  Repealed by Act 2007-418, p. 874, §6, effective September 1, 2007.
• Section 9-11-58 Licenses of nonresident live fish and minnow dealers; fees of issuing authorities; disposition of fees
  (a) Any nonresident person, firm or corporation who engages in the capturing, purchasing, raising, propagating, breeding or acquisition or possession of live fish for the...
• Section 9-11-59 License to capture or kill fur-bearing animals for commercial purposes; traps
  (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to take, capture, or kill, or to attempt to take, capture, or kill for commercial purposes by...
• Section 9-11-60 Disposition of funds from sale of fur catchers' licenses; report of licenses issued
  Judges of probate and other persons authorized and designated to issue licenses provided in Section 9-11-59 shall retain out of the license fee the sum...
• Section 9-11-61 Transporting, etc., furs, skins, or pelts without fur catcher's license
  Any person, firm, or corporation who sells, ships by mail, express, or otherwise transports within or without this state raw furs, skins, or pelts of...
• Section 9-11-62 Fur dealers defined; presumptions
  Any person, other than a fur catcher shipping his own catch, who ships or carries skins and hides of fur-bearing animals out of this state...
• Section 9-11-63 Fur dealer's license; penalty for violations
  (a) Any person, firm, association, or corporation who or which engages in the business of buying, trading, selling, or otherwise deals in raw furs, skins,...
• Section 9-11-64 Inspection of books and records of dealers, etc
  The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, his wardens or any other persons appointed and designated by him for such purpose shall have power and...
• Section 9-11-65 Lifetime resident hunting, freshwater fishing and combination licenses
  (a) Any Alabama resident meeting the residency requirements set out in Section 9-11-44 may in lieu of the resident all-game hunting license purchase a lifetime...
• Section 9-11-65.1 Issuance of hunting and fishing licenses on combination license basis; fees
  Repealed by Act 2007-418, p. 874, §6, effective September 1, 2007.
• Section 9-11-65.2 Lifetime resident saltwater fishing license; combination licenses with freshwater fishing, hunting
  (a) Any Alabama resident meeting the residency requirements set out in Section 9-11-53.1, in lieu of the annual resident saltwater fishing license provided for in...
• Section 9-11-66 Fishing in Pike County public lake without paying admission fee
  Any person who is a citizen of the State of Alabama and over 65 years of age shall be entitled to fish in the Pike...
• Section 9-11-67 Sportsman's license
  Repealed by Act 2007-418, p. 874, §6, effective September 1, 2007.
• Section 9-11-68 Cost adjustments - Hunting and fishing licenses
  Beginning with the license year October 1, 2010, and each license year thereafter, those license fees and issuance fees specified in Act 2007-418 shall be...
• Section 9-11-69 Cost adjustments - Saltwater fishing licenses
  Beginning with the license year October 1, 2010, and each license year thereafter, those license fees and issuance fees specified in Sections 9-11-53.1, 9-11-53.5, and...
• Section 9-11-70 Hunting, fishing, or trapping with revoked or suspended license; licenses not transferable; penalties
  (a) No person shall hunt, fish, or trap in areas or under any conditions that a hunting, fishing, or trapping license is required by law,...
• Section 9-11-71 Wildlife heritage license
  (a) There is established a wildlife heritage license. This license shall have a fee of nine dollars ($9), plus an issuance fee of one dollar...
• Section 9-11-72 Violation of rules prohibiting transportation and release of live feral swine
  A violation of any rule of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources prohibiting the transportation and release of live feral swine shall be a...
• Section 9-11-73 Resident hunting or fishing licenses for certain nonresident students
  (a) For purposes of this section, the following words have the following meanings: (1) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION. An institution of higher education located in...
• Article 3 Fishing Laws.
• 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,...
• 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...
• 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,...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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,...
• 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.
• 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,...
• 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,...
• 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....
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• Article 4 Commercial Fishing in Public Impounded Waters and Navigable Streams.
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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.
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• Article 5 Spearfishing.
• Section 9-11-170 Spearing of commercial or nongame fish for sport - When, where and how permitted; notice of competitive events
  (a) The spearing of commercial or nongame fish solely for the purpose of sport in all waters of this state, both fresh and salt, shall...
• Section 9-11-171 Spearing of commercial or nongame fish for sport - License - Required; issuance; fees; disposition of revenue from sale
  Each person engaged in the spearing of commercial or nongame fish shall, in addition to all other Alabama fishing licenses, have a commercial or nongame...
• Section 9-11-172 Spearing of commercial or nongame fish for sport - License - Display
  Said commercial or nongame spearfishing license must be kept in the boat or other base of operations for said skin diver and readily available for...
• Section 9-11-173 Regulation of seasons, hours, etc
  The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall have the power to open and close spearfishing of commercial or nongame fish on any and all...
• Section 9-11-174 Compliance with water safety laws
  The provisions of Chapter 5 of Title 33 of this code requiring a diver's flag to be displayed on the surface of the water where...
• Section 9-11-175 Possession of spear, etc., evidence of spearfishing; exception
  The possession of a spear, spear gun or spearing device in a boat, on the bank of a body of public water or on or...
• Section 9-11-176 Penalty for violations
  Any person who violates this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided for by law, except...
• Article 6 Catching of Nongame Fish With Wire Baskets.
• Section 9-11-190 Catching of nongame fish from public waters by use of wire baskets - When, where and how permitted
  The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby authorized and empowered to promulgate rules and regulations authorizing the taking, catching or killing of nongame...
• Section 9-11-191 Catching of nongame fish from public waters by use of wire baskets - License - Required; issuance; fees; disposition of fees
  Any person desiring a license to fish with such wire basket in areas where they may be legalized by regulation as provided for in this...
• Section 9-11-192 Licenses not to be sold to persons holding commercial fishing licenses, etc.; sale or offer for sale of fish by licensees, etc
  The licenses provided for in this article shall not be sold to any person holding a commercial fishing license or engaged in the business of...
• Section 9-11-193 Obtaining more than four licenses or fishing with more than four baskets
  It shall be illegal for any person to obtain more than four such licenses or fish with more than four such baskets.
• Section 9-11-194 Marking of baskets
  Any basket or baskets that may become legal for use in the waters of this state under the provisions of this article shall be clearly...
• Section 9-11-195 Destruction of unmarked baskets
  All wire baskets not marked in accordance with the provisions of Section 9-11-194 shall be destroyed upon discovery by any officer, agent or employee of...
• Section 9-11-196 Nongame fish only to be taken, etc., with baskets; return of game fish taken to waters
  Only nongame fish may be taken, captured or killed by means of any basket that may become legal for use in this state under the...
• Section 9-11-197 Taking of fish from baskets, etc., by unlicensed persons
  It shall be illegal for any person to raise, inspect or take fish from any wire basket that may be legalized under the provisions of...
• Section 9-11-198 Penalty for violations of provisions of article; revocation of licenses
  Any person who violates this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as prescribed by law; provided, that the...
• Article 7 Reciprocal Agreements as to Freshwater Fishing.
• Section 9-11-210 Agreements as to fishing in waters of Alabama and of bordering states
  The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall have authority to enter into agreements of reciprocity with conservation commissioners or directors or other proper officials...
• Section 9-11-211 Agreements as to fishing in waters lying between Alabama and adjoining states or partly in Alabama and partly in adjoining state
  The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby authorized and empowered to make and enter into agreements from time to time with the proper...
• Section 9-11-212 Agreements to apply separately to waters lying between Alabama and each agreeing bordering state
  The purpose of this article is to authorize the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to enter into such agreements with all states bordering...
• Section 9-11-213 Rights and privileges granted to be exercised in accordance with Alabama laws, etc
  The fishing rights and privileges which may be granted by or through such reciprocal agreements shall be exercised by all nonresidents of the State of...
• Article 8 Hunting and Trapping of Birds and Game.
• Section 9-11-230 Title to wild birds and animals vested in state
  The title and ownership to all wild birds and wild animals in the State of Alabama or within the territorial jurisdiction of the state are...
• Section 9-11-230.1 Definitions
  For purposes of this article, the words "nighttime hours," "night," "between the hours of sunset and daylight," or similar words shall be defined as between...
• Section 9-11-231 Permits for collection of invertebrate or vertebrate species, or their eggs, for certain purposes, etc
  (a) No person shall at any time collect any protected wild invertebrate or vertebrate species, or their eggs, in this state for propagation or scientific...
• Section 9-11-232 Possession, sale, purchase, etc., of protected wild birds, etc
  Any person, firm, association, or corporation who takes, catches, kills, or has in possession at any time, living or dead, any protected wild bird not...
• Section 9-11-233 Enumeration of birds not protected
  English sparrows, crows and starlings are not protected by the game laws of this state and may be killed at any time.
• Section 9-11-234 Hunting, etc., of protected birds or animals on state or federal game sanctuaries or refuges
  It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt, take, catch or kill or to attempt to hunt, take, catch or kill any bird or...
• Section 9-11-235 Taking, etc., of protected birds or animals during nighttime hours
  (a) It shall be unlawful, except as otherwise provided by law or rule of the commissioner, for a person to take, capture, or kill, or...
• Section 9-11-235.1 Taking, etc., raccoons or opossums at night; weapons used
  Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
• Section 9-11-236 Hunting, etc., or possession of protected birds or animals during closed season
  Any person who hunts, takes, catches, captures, kills, or has in his or her possession or who attempts to hunt, take, catch, capture, or kill,...
• Section 9-11-237 Sale and purchase of game birds and animals including the meat or other product thereof
  Any person, firm, or corporation who sells, offers, or exposes for sale, buys, purchases, barters, or exchanges anything of value for any game bird or...
• Section 9-11-238 Hunting, etc., of wild turkeys with dogs
  Any person who hunts, pursues, captures or kills a wild turkey in this state with the aid of a dog at any time shall be...
• Section 9-11-240 Opening of season for hunting, etc., of female deer and unantlered male deer
  Any law of the State of Alabama to the contrary notwithstanding, the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby authorized to open a season...
• Section 9-11-241 Hunting, trapping, etc., of wild game during day on lands of another without permission
  Any person who hunts, traps, captures, injures, kills, or destroys, or attempts to hunt, trap, capture, injure, kill, or destroy any wild game on the...
• Section 9-11-242 Hunting, trapping, etc., of wild game at night on lands of another without permission
  Any person who hunts, traps, captures, injures, kills, or destroys, or attempts to hunt, trap, capture, injure, kill, or destroy any wild game on the...
• Section 9-11-243 Hunting, trapping, etc., of fur-bearing animals within 10 feet of banks of waters on property of another without permission
  Any person who hunts, traps, captures, injures, kills or destroys or attempts to hunt, trap, capture, injure, kill or destroy any fur-bearing animal on or...
• Section 9-11-244 Taking, etc., of protected birds or animals by means of bait; bait privilege license
  THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2019-103 IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MAY 6, 2019. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a)...
• Section 9-11-245 Unlawful methods of hunting birds or animals protected by law or regulation
  No person shall at any time make use of any pitfall, deadfall, baited field, cage, trap, net, pen, baited hook, snare, poison, explosive, or chemical...
• Section 9-11-246 Penalties for violations of provisions of Sections 9-11-244 and 9-11-245
  Any person who violates any of the provisions of Sections 9-11-244 or 9-11-245 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished...
• Section 9-11-247 Taking, keeping, etc., of raccoons for use in "coon on the log" contests
  Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
• Section 9-11-248 Permits for holding of "coon on the log" contests
  Repealed by Act 2015-70, §1(10), effective April 21, 2015
• Section 9-11-249 Penalty for violations of provisions of Sections 9-11-247 and 9-11-248
  Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
• Section 9-11-250 Taking, etc., of deer from public waters
  It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to take or catch, by any means or device, deer, whether dead or alive, from...
• Section 9-11-251 Taking, etc., of deer at night
  It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to take, capture or kill deer at night in Alabama by any means or device,...
• Section 9-11-252 Penalties for violations of provisions of Sections 9-11-250 and 9-11-251
  A violation of Sections 9-11-250 or 9-11-251 shall constitute a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, the person, firm or corporation violating same shall be punished for...
• Section 9-11-252.1 Motor vehicle, weapons, etc., used in nighttime deer hunting declared contraband; seizure report; condemnation and forfeiture; disposition of proceeds
  (a) Any motor vehicle, or any gun, rifle, ammunition or other hunting equipment which has been or is used for illegal nighttime deer hunting shall...
• Section 9-11-253 Transportation or shipment of skins or hides of fur-bearing animals without payment of state tax; bonds of dealers
  It shall be a violation of this article, subject to the same penalties as are provided for other offenses in Section 9-11-235, for any person,...
• Section 9-11-254 Limitation as to number of traps for taking, etc., of fur-bearing animals; penalty
  No person using traps for the purpose of taking or catching fur-bearing animals shall be permitted to set or have set in any one day...
• Section 9-11-255 Transportation, shipment, etc., of protected birds or game
  Any person, firm, association, or corporation who takes, ships, or transports without or within this state any of the birds or game protected by the...
• Section 9-11-256 Liability of common carriers, etc., transporting, shipping, etc., protected birds or game
  Any person, company, corporation or common carrier who shall ship or transport any game birds or game animals or parts thereof without first ascertaining that...
• Section 9-11-257 Hunting or discharge of firearm from, upon, or across public roads, etc
  Any person, except a duly authorized law enforcement officer acting in the line of duty or person otherwise authorized by law, who hunts or discharges...
• Section 9-11-258 Persons hunting deer at night liable for killing stock
  If any person hunting deer by fire in the nighttime kills any horse, mare, colt or other domestic animal, he is liable to double damages...
• Section 9-11-259 Game, birds or animals to be transported openly; confiscation, etc., of game, birds or animals transported or taken illegally
  All game, birds or animals taken or killed in this state must at all times be carried or transported openly, and failure to do so...
• Section 9-11-260 Acquisition of lands, expenditure of revenues, etc., by commissioner for propagation of game birds, game and fur-bearing animals
  The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby authorized on behalf of the State of Alabama to engage in the propagation of game birds,...
• Section 9-11-261 Permits for propagation of game birds, and game or fur-bearing animals for private purposes
  (a) The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, upon the payment of a fee of $1.00, may issue an annual permit to any individual, association,...
• Section 9-11-262 Opening or closing of season for killing of beaver; payment of bounty for killing of beaver
  Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
• Section 9-11-263 Consent to acquisition of lands, etc., for establishment of migratory bird reservations
  Consent of the State of Alabama is given to the acquisition by the United States by purchase, gift, devise or lease of such areas of...
• Section 9-11-264 Liability for injury or damage to persons or domestic animals of persons using traps, etc., to take, capture, etc., fur-bearing animals; exemption of Lawrence County
  Any person shall be strictly liable for civil damages who causes the injury or damage to any person or domestic animal as a result of...
• Section 9-11-265 Trapping on or from right-of-way of state highway; exemption of Lawrence County
  It shall be unlawful for anyone to trap on or from a state highway right-of-way unless the trapper has the permission of adjoining landowners. The...
• Section 9-11-265.1 Sections 9-11-264 and 9-11-265 inapplicable in Limestone County
  The provisions of Sections 9-11-264 and 9-11-265 shall not apply to Limestone County.
• Section 9-11-266 Checking of traps; hanging or suspending of bait over or within 25 feet of steel trap
  All traps set in or beneath water must be checked at least once every 72 hours. All traps other than water sets must be checked...
• Section 9-11-267 Filing of reports as to animals trapped, purchased, etc., by persons licensed to trap fur-bearing animals and by fur dealers
  Any person licensed to trap fur-bearing animals in the State of Alabama shall file with the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries office in Montgomery...
• Section 9-11-268 Penalty for violations of provisions of Sections 9-11-265, 9-11-266 and 9-11-267
  A violation of the provisions of Sections 9-11-265, 9-11-266 and 9-11-267 or failure to fully comply therewith shall constitute a misdemeanor and the person violating...
• Section 9-11-269 Protection of flattened musk turtle
  (a) The flattened musk turtle (sternotherus minor depressus) is a reptile unique to the State of Alabama. The Legislature finds the protection of this unique...
• Article 8A Interference with Legal Hunting or Fishing.
• Section 9-11-270 Interference with persons legally hunting or fishing
  No person shall willfully and knowingly prevent, obstruct, impede, disturb, or interfere with, or attempt to prevent, obstruct, impede, disturb, or interfere with any person...
• Section 9-11-271 Activities prohibited
  Activities prohibited by this article shall include, but not be limited to the following: (a) Creating a visual, aural, olfactory, or physical stimulus intended to...
• Section 9-11-272 Obeying order of peace officer
  No person shall fail to obey the order of a peace officer to desist from conduct which violates this article.
• Section 9-11-273 Limited application
  This article applies only to activities on lands or waters upon which hunting or fishing may legally occur. This article does not apply to acts...
• Section 9-11-274 Penalties
  Any person violating this article is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
• Section 9-11-275 Construction of article
  This article is supplemental to all laws relating to hunting and fishing and shall be construed in pari materia with Chapter 15 of Title 35.
• Article 9 Reciprocal Agreements as to Waterfowl Hunting.
• Section 9-11-280 Agreements as to hunting and taking of waterfowl from waters of Alabama and of bordering states
  The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources with approval of the governor shall have authority to enter into agreements of reciprocity with conservation commissioners or...
• Section 9-11-281 Agreements as to hunting and taking of waterfowl from waters lying between Alabama and adjoining states or partly in Alabama and partly in adjoining states
  The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources with approval of the Governor is hereby authorized and empowered to make and enter into agreements from time...
• Section 9-11-282 Agreements to apply separately to waters lying between Alabama and each agreeing bordering state; hunting privileges limited to waterfowl
  The purpose of this article is to authorize the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources upon approval of the Governor to enter into such...
• Section 9-11-283 Rights and privileges granted to be exercised in accordance with Alabama laws, etc
  The waterfowl hunting rights and privileges which may be granted by or through such reciprocal agreements shall be exercised by all nonresidents of the State...
• Article 10 Wildlife Management Areas.
• Section 9-11-300 Establishment
  The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, through the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, is hereby authorized and directed to establish by proclamation such...
• Section 9-11-301 Fixing of boundaries; promulgation of special rules and regulations for management and protection of areas
  The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is authorized to fix such boundaries and promulgate such special rules and regulations for the management and protection...
• Section 9-11-302 Closing of land or water in areas to hunting and fishing
  The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is authorized to close to all hunting and fishing any land or water within the boundary of a...
• Section 9-11-303 Searches and seizures
  The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources and his designated agents or employees are authorized to search without warrant any automobile, wagon, truck or other...
• Section 9-11-304 Carrying or possession of firearms
  The carrying or possession of firearms within any wildlife management area, except while in possession of a valid permit allowing this privilege, is prohibited; provided,...
• Section 9-11-305 When dogs permitted in areas; liability of owners of dogs at large in areas
  No dog shall be permitted except on leash within any wildlife management area except in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commissioner...
• Section 9-11-306 Impoundment of dogs; redemption or destruction of impounded dogs
  Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
• Section 9-11-307 Penalties for violations of provisions of article, etc
  Any person violating this article or any rule adopted by the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources under the authority of this...
• Article 11 Possession of Wildlife for Public Exhibition Purposes.
• Section 9-11-320 Definitions
  For the purpose of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) WILDLIFE. Any wild...
• Section 9-11-321 Possession of wildlife in captivity for public exhibition purposes
  No person shall possess any wildlife in captivity for public exhibition purposes, except as provided in this article or any rule or regulation promulgated by...
• Section 9-11-322 Appointment of committee to study and recommend standards for care and treatment of captive wildlife
  The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall appoint a committee, not to exceed five in number, of recognized experts in the exhibition, conservation, preservation...
• Section 9-11-323 Promulgation of regulations prescribing standards for care and treatment of captive wildlife
  The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall give due consideration to the recommendations of the committee appointed under Section 9-11-322 and shall issue regulations...
• Section 9-11-324 Permits to possess wildlife for public exhibition purposes; contents of applications for permits
  (a) The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, upon application of any person qualified by education or experience in the care and treatment of wildlife,...
• Section 9-11-325 Condition in permits to allow inspections; notice of and abatement of violations
  Each permit issued under this article shall include a condition authorizing anyone designated by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources to enforce this article...
• Section 9-11-326 Enforcement of article, standards and provisions of permits
  Anyone authorized by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources to enforce this article may, with or without a warrant, arrest any person who violates...
• Section 9-11-327 Penalties for violations of article, standards or provisions of permits
  Anyone who knowingly violates any provision of this article or the standards adopted thereunder or the provisions of any permit shall, upon conviction, be fined...
• Section 9-11-328 Applicability of article; importation of Cervidae species
  (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), this article shall not apply to a municipal, county, state, or other publicly owned zoo or wildlife exhibit...
• Article 12 Commercial Quail Breeding.
• Section 9-11-340 "Pen-raised quail" defined
  A pen-raised quail is a quail which has been hatched from an egg laid by a quail confined in a pen or coop and has...
• Section 9-11-341 Persons, etc., authorized to engage in propagation, etc., of pen-raised quail
  Any person, firm or corporation may engage in the business of propagating pen-raised quail, commonly known as bobwhite quail, for restocking, propagation and other commercial...
• Section 9-11-342 Commercial quail breeder's license
  A commercial quail breeder's license must first be obtained from the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources or its agents upon payment of $25.00...
• Section 9-11-343 Licensees to obtain markers or marking devices
  Before any sale may be made of the carcass of any bobwhite quail, the holder of a commercial quail breeder's license shall obtain a proper...
• Section 9-11-344 Carcasses to be marked before sale; quail to be killed otherwise than by shooting
  (a) Before the carcass of a dead pen-raised quail shall be sold, the holder of the commercial quail breeder's license shall plainly mark each such...
• Section 9-11-345 Invoices to be attached to packages of carcasses
  Such pen-raised quail, when dressed and marked as provided in this article, when delivered into the hands and possession of the purchaser, his agent or...
• Section 9-11-346 Packages of carcasses to be shipped with invoices attached
  When any such package containing a shipment of quail carcasses for which an invoice is required is to be shipped by rail, express or other...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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.
• 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...
• Article 13 Taking of Mussels or Mollusks From Fresh Waters.
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• Article 14 Marine Mammal Protection.
• Section 9-11-390 Short title
  This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Alabama Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1976."
• 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)...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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.
• 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...
• 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.
• 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,...
• Article 15 Commercial Fowl Hunting Preserves.
• 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,...
• 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.
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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.
• 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.
• 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...
• 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...
• 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,...
• Article 16 Preservation of Wetlands and Hunting of Migratory Waterfowl.
• 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....
• 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...
• 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...
• Section 9-11-433 Issuance of annual stamp; lifetime migratory waterfowl stamp; fees; issuing agents; refund for unsold stamps
  (a) A stamp shall be issued to each hunting license applicant by the judge of probate or issuing officer of any county of the state...
• 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...
• 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...
• Article 17 Commercial Fee Fishing Ponds.
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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.
• 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...
• 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.
• Article 18 Protection of Black Bears.
• 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.
• 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...
• Article 19 Hunting of Native Game Animals and Certain Nonindigenous Animals.
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• Section 9-11-504 Hunting of pen-raised birds
  Nothing in this article shall prohibit the hunting of pen-raised birds by properly licensed hunters or by properly licensed persons engaged in the training of...
• Section 9-11-505 Penalties
  Any person, firm, corporation, or association that violates Sections 9-11-500 to 9-11-504, inclusive, of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction,...

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