Alabama Administrative Code
Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Chapter 220-3 - MARINE RESOURCES DIVISION
Section 220-3-.15 - Oyster Season And Harvest Limits

(1) Seasons and Times. Certain public water bottoms of Alabama not closed by the Department of Public Health, shall 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 year. All oysters taken from the public reefs shall be landed within one hour of the closure time each day. All public water bottoms shall be closed to the taking of oysters from May 1 through September 30 of each year.

(2) Areas. The areas that will be open to the taking of oysters will be designated by the Director of the Marine Resources Division and will be publicized using a news release.

(3) Harvest Limits. The commercial harvest of oysters by licensed oyster catchers shall be limited to six (6) sacks or approved containers per licensed oyster catcher per day [according to the standard Alabama measure of one-quarter (1/4) Alabama barrel per sack or container] or six (6) sacks per boat per day regardless of the number of licensed oyster catchers on board the boat; provided further, no licensed oyster catcher may move to another boat or transfer his catch to, or place his catch in, another boat for purposes of avoiding the requirements of this regulation. A boat towed to or from the public oyster reefs and upon which oysters are transported from the public oyster reefs shall be considered as part of the towing boat for the purposes of the daily limit of six (6) sacks or containers per boat, unless a licensed oyster catcher or catchers remains on board the boat at all times while on the public oyster reefs or transporting oysters from the public oyster reefs.