Basic Commercial Fishing Regulations - Gulf States Marine ...

taking of crabs or other seafood in Mobile River,
Dog River, Theodore Industrial Canal, Fowl
River, the northwest arm of Heron Bay, Heron
Bayou (off northwest arm of Heron Bay), Bayou
Coden, Bayou La Batre, or their tributaries, in
Mobile County, or Blakely River North of the
charted position of Blakely River Marker 18,
Magnolia River, Bon Secour River north of
Channel Markers 7 and 8, Wolf Creek, Sandy
Creek, Mifflin Creek, Hammock Creek, Roberts
Bayou, Soldier Creek, Palmetto Creek, Old
River (between Ono Island and Perdido Key), or
their tributaries, in Baldwin County, or in any
man-made canal [including but not limited to the
following on Dauphin Island: Quivera Bay,
Polaris Lagoon, Port Royal Lagoon, Lafitte Bay,
Indian Bay, Indian Canal, Buchanan Bay,
Columbia Bay, Colony Cove, Spanish Bay,
Barcelona Bay, Confederate Bay, Salt Creek
(Heron Bayou), Government Cut, and Billy Goat
Hole].
It shall be unlawful to set or place any
recreational trap used for the taking of crabs or
other seafood in any area named in the above
paragraph of this regulation, unless such trap
shall be physically attached by a line to a pier,
dock, piling, bulkhead, boathouse, or other
structure, on or attached to the shore. Such line
shall allow the crab trap to be placed no farther
than a distance of ten feet (10’) from the pier,
dock, boathouse, or shoreline. No more than
five (5) traps shall be allowed per property.
Recreational crab traps shall be marked with an
orange floating, visible buoy not less than six
inches (6”) in diameter or width. The buoy shall
have a legible letter “R” at least two inches (2”)
high, permanently affixed to it.
Crab traps which are no longer serviceable or in
use shall be removed from the water by the
owner thereof. No person shall intentionally
damage or destroy crab traps or the floats or
lines attached thereto.
Any unidentified, improperly marked, or
illegally placed crab trap shall be considered a
nuisance and may be confiscated by a
conservation enforcement officer or other
authorized agent of the ADCNR.
Any person, firm, or corporation taking,
catching, selling, transporting, or possessing
crabs shall have in their possession a valid
license, if applicable, for such activity.
Such license shall be immediately available for
inspection, upon request, by a conservation
enforcement officer or other authorized agent.
FINFISH
Saltwater Rod and Reel License
Annual licenses expire August 31 each year.
Required by any person who is 16 years of
age or older, but has not yet reached the age
of 65, who takes, catches, kills, possess or
attempts to take catch, kill, or posses by the
use of rod & reel, artificial bait, lure, fly,
gig, cast net, bow, crab trap or spear.
Resident - $21.20 - Annual
7-day trip - $9.05
Nonresident – 7 Day
Florida - $30.00
All other states - $26.20
Nonresident – Annual
Louisiana - $90.00
Florida - $47.00
All other states - $45.40
Pier License
Piers located in inside waters of the state -
$1,001.00
(Residents may fish without an additional
license.)
Saltwater Pier License (license for individual)
Resident - $6.00
Non-resident - $11.00
(Valid only on public piers)
Saltwater Angler Registration
Any Alabama resident 16 years of age or older
fishing in, attempting to fish in or possessing
fish taken from those waters under the Marine
Resources Jurisdiction shall be required to
register.
It is included in an annual saltwater, 7 day trip
and pier fishing license.
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