Chapter 220-3 - MARINE RESOURCES DIVISION

(1) Shrimping is regulated by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources under authority of Code of Ala. 1975, Section 9-2-4. (2) Individuals operating a licensed recreational shrimp boat taking bait shrimp from an area designated by law as an exclusive saltwater bait…

(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 worki…

(1) Any person possessing, transporting, or using any seine, gill net, trammel net, or other entangling net more than 300 feet in length as measured along the cork line or main top line, or possessing, transporting, or using for commercial purposes a seine, gill net, trammel net,…

(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 pers…

Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 220-3-.08 Filed April 19, 1984; corrected copy filed June 29, 1984. Repealed by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXIII, Issue No. 10, July 31, 2015, eff. 8/10/2015. Author: N. Gunter Guy, Jr. Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 9-2-4, 9-2-7,…

Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 220-3-.11 Filed April 15, 1985. Repealed by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXIII, Issue No. 10, July 31, 2015, eff. 8/10/2015. Author: John W. Hodnett Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 9-2-4, 9-2-7, 9-2-8, 9-2-12.

(1) Red Drum and Spotted Sea Trout. (a) No person may possess or transport for the purpose of sale a red drum or spotted sea trout. (b) No person may sell or offer for sale a red drum or spotted sea trout. (c) No person may purchase or offer to purchase for resale a red drum or s…

Reserved Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 220-3-.13

Reserved Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 220-3-.14

(1) Seasons and Times. Certain public water bottoms of Alabama not closed by the Department of Public Health, may 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 …

Reserved Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 220-3-.16

Reserved Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 220-3-.18

Reserved Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 220-3-.19

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 o…

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 Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 220-3-.22 Effective April 29, 1992(E) Statutory Authori…

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 Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 220-3-.23 Effective May 13, 1992(E). Repealed: Effective Febr…

(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 a…

(1) To the extent provided herein, effective immediately, Alabama waters shall be open to the commercial taking of a Gulf Reef Fish species during such period of time that the federal waters (adjoining Alabama waters) are opened to the commercial harvest of that Gulf Reef Fish sp…

(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 …

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…

(1) Individuals fishing in the waters of the State of Alabama are limited to the following daily bag limits and possession limits for recreational purposes: Spotted seatrout 6 Red drum 3 No person who is subject to the jurisdiction of the State of Alabama shall possess a red drum…

(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 app…

(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; …

(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 wit…

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…

(a) Section 9-12-115, Code of Ala. 1975, as amended by Section 4 of Act No. 95-287 (Regular Session, 1995), requires that each and every person, firm, or corporation holding a seafood dealer's license issued by the commissioner of conservation and natural resources or his or her …

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 Is…

(1) Season on Sharks for Commercial Purposes: During such period of time that the federal waters adjacent to Alabama waters are open to the commercial harvest of a shark species as defined by federal law or regulation, the Alabama waters of Mobile Bay, Bon Secour Bay, Mississippi…

Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 220-3-.38 New Rule: Filed September 10, 1997; effective October 16, 1997. Amended: Filed October 28, 1998; effective December 3, 1998. Amended: Filed July 16, 2002; effective August 20, 2002. Repealed by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXVI, Issue…

(Repealed). Author: James D. Martin Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 220-3-.39 New Rule: Filed November 12, 1996; effective November 12, 1996. Repealed: December 5, 1996; effective December 5, 1996. (See Peremptory Rule 220-3-.15). Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 9-2-4, 9-2-7…

(a) All oysters taken from the public oyster bottoms shall be culled and sacked by the time of public water bottom closure each day. Any unculled or unsacked oysters on board a boat at the time of public water bottom closure, shall be immediately replaced and scattered upon the r…

(1) Bait Fishery Defined; Fishery Restrictions: An experimental offshore bait purse seine fishery in Alabama's territorial waters of the Gulf of Mexico for schooling, pelagic fish species (listed in paragraph (c) hereof) to be marketed exclusively as bait is herein authorized. It…

From 12:01 a.m., October 24, 1998 until 12:00 noon, November 1, 1998, there is hereby establishing a closed fishing season for the taking or attempting to take mullet by the use of any entangling net, seine, cast net, or any other means, in the waters of Mobile Bay north of a lin…

Effective November 1, 1998, through December 31, 1998, all state waters will be closed to recreational red snapper fishing. Author: James D. Martin Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 220-3-.43 New Rule (PE): Filed October 28, 1998; effective October 28, 1998. Statutory Authority: Code of …

(1) A special oyster dredge season and sack limit is hereby established for persons licensed under Section 9-12-87, Code of Ala. 1975, and permitted under Rule 220-3-.02(5), in accordance with the following times, places, manners and means: (a) That area described as the "Mobile …

Effective 12:01 a.m. November 1, 1999, until such time as the adjacent Federal waters are reopened, all state waters will be closed to recreational red snapper fishing. Author: Riley Boykin Smith Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 220-3-.45 New Rule (PE): Filed October 25, 1999; effective…

(1) During such period of time that the federal waters (adjoining Alabama waters) are open to the recreational harvest of a Gulf Reef Fish species, the recreational harvest of that Gulf Reef Fish species shall also be open in Alabama waters. Otherwise, when the federal waters are…

Holders of net or seine permits issued pursuant to § 9-12-113, Code of Ala. 1975, shall obtain at no cost a photo identification at the Marine Resources Division office at Dauphin Island. The photo identification shall be utilized by the Marine Resources Division for identificati…

(1) During such period of time that all or any portion of the area in Mobile Bay north of a line beginning at the northern shore of East Fowl River running along the northern edge of the Fowl River Channel to Marker #2 in the Fowl River Channel, then southeasterly to Middle Bay L…

(1) Effective November 2, 2000 through February 28, 2001, during the hours of 4:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. the following waters shall be open to the commercial and recreational taking of live saltwater bait: Those waters north of a line from a point on the northeast end of Plash Is…

(1) In addition to the provisions of 220-2-.60, it shall be unlawful for any person to use an airboat on any of the public waters of this State subject to an ebb and flow of the tide of at least 2 inches, south of a line beginning at the Mississippi state line following the eastb…

(a) There is hereby established a one day closed fishing season for the taking or harvesting of crabs by the use of crab traps (recreational or commercial) in any inside waters of the State of Alabama under the jurisdiction of the Marine Resources Division within 500 yards of the…

(1) During such times that these and adjacent waters are closed to the recreational and commercial taking of shrimp. the following waters shall be open exclusively to the commercial and recreational taking of live saltwater bait: Beginning at a point on land at the southern entra…

(Repealed). Author: Riley Boykin Smith Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 220-3-.54 New Rule (PE): Filed April 27, 2001; effective April 27, 2001. Repealed (PE): Filed November 21, 2001; effective November 21, 2001. Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 9-2-4, 9-2-7, 9-2-8, 9-2-12. P…

(1) Effective 6:00 a.m., Saturday, June 30, 2001, the following waters, temporarily closed to commercial shriming, shall be open to the taking of live saltwater bait by licensed live saltwater bait catchers only: (a) All waters in Mississippi Sound east of a line from Gulf Intrac…

(Repealed 6/9/04) Author: Riley Boykin Smith Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 220-3-.59 New Rule (PE): Filed August 30, 2001; effective August 30, 2001. Repealed (PE): Filed June 9, 2004; effective June 9, 2004. Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 9-2-4.1, 9-2-7, 9-2-8, 9-2-12.…

From January 1 through Labor Day of each year, there is hereby established a closed fishing season for the taking or attempting to take Florida pompano by the used of any gill net, entangling net, seine, or cast net, in the waters of Alabama under the jurisdiction of the Marine R…

(1) During such times that these and adjacent waters are closed to the recreational and commercial taking of shrimp, the following waters shall be open exclusively to the commercial and recreational taking of live saltwater bait: Beginning at Mullet Point Park ramp, herein define…

(a) There is hereby established a one day closed shrimping season for the taking or harvesting of shrimp in the Mobile Ship Channel and within a one half (1/2) mile buffer zone on each side of the channel in Mobile Bay from 12:01 a.m. to 12:00 midnight on July 4, 2002. (b) There …

(1) Effective 6:00 a.m., Monday, September 23, 2002, the following waters, temporarily closed to commercial shrimping, shall be closed to the taking of live saltwater bait by licensed live saltwater bait catchers: All waters in Mississippi Sound north of a line beginning at the M…