The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall provide the necessary patrol boats and shall appoint a deputy inspector for each patrol boat who shall be a seafaring man, competent to act as captain of the boat on which he may be assigned, and the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall provide all necessary crews to properly man said boats. They shall patrol daily the waters of the Mississippi Sound and the territorial waters of the State of Alabama under the direction of the Director, Marine Resources Division, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and shall see that all oysters are properly culled on the reefs or beds where taken and that all laws appertaining to the taking, catching, canning, transporting or having in possession of all seafoods of the State of Alabama are complied with.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.
Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.
Division 1 - General Provisions.
Section 9-12-20 - Ownership and Control of Seafoods.
Section 9-12-21 - "Natural Oyster Reef" Defined.
Section 9-12-22 - Right of Owners of Land Fronting Public Waters to Plant and Gather Oysters.
Section 9-12-23 - Cancellation of Leases of Riparian Bottoms; Appeals.
Section 9-12-26 - Dragging of Seines Over Public Reefs or Private Oyster Grounds.
Section 9-12-28 - Oysters Management Stations; Harvest Records.
Section 9-12-29 - Patrol Boats.
Section 9-12-30 - Patrolling of Private Oyster Reefs.
Section 9-12-33 - Culling and Sacking of Oysters.
Section 9-12-35 - Cultivation, Transplantation, or Replanting of Public Reefs.
Section 9-12-36 - Taking of Oysters by Use of Mechanical Devices at Night.
Section 9-12-37 - Use of Mechanical Rake Dredges, etc., Dredge License.
Section 9-12-39 - Purchase of Seed Oysters From Public Reefs by Private Individuals, Etc.
Section 9-12-40 - Supervision of Taking of Oysters by Rake Dredges; Notice of Use of Rake Dredges.
Section 9-12-41 - Harvesting of Undersized Oysters.
Section 9-12-43 - Taking of Oysters for Replanting on Private Reefs.
Section 9-12-44 - Tax on Oysters Harvested From Private Reefs for Commercial Purposes.
Section 9-12-47 - Condemnation, Disposition, etc., of Shrimp Not Fit for Human Consumption.
Section 9-12-49 - Importation of Shrimp Into State.
Section 9-12-50 - Regulation of Transportation of Raw Oysters and Shrimp Beyond Boundaries of State.
Section 9-12-51 - Tax on Shrimp Taken for Canning, Drying or Shipping Within State.
Section 9-12-52 - Tax on Shrimp Taken for Transportation to Other States.
Section 9-12-53 - Tax on Shrimp Not to Be Exported.
Section 9-12-54 - Payment of Taxes.
Section 9-12-54.1 - Live Saltwater Bait Dealers License.
Section 9-12-54.2 - Expiration Date and Purchase of License; Nonresident License Fee.
Section 9-12-54.3 - Duties of Licensees.
Section 9-12-54.4 - Catching, etc., of Bait; Restrictions.
Section 9-12-54.5 - Catching, Etc. of Shrimp by Persons With Recreational Boat Shrimping License.
Section 9-12-54.6 - Exclusive Saltwater Bait Areas.
Section 9-12-54.7 - Penalty for Violations.
Section 9-12-61 - Taking, Sale, etc., of Oysters Under Three Inches Long.
Section 9-12-62 - Mutilation, etc., of Buoys or Markers.
Section 9-12-63 - Use of Unlicensed Boats, etc., to Take, etc., Oysters or Shrimp.