Alabama Administrative Code
Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Chapter 220-3 - MARINE RESOURCES DIVISION
Section 220-3-.32 - Menhaden Taken By Purse Seine

Universal Citation: AL Admin Code R 220-3-.32

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 02, November 27, 2024

(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; provided however, that an incidental bycatch of five (5) percent by number of other fishes (excluding game fish) is allowable while purse seining in Alabama waters.

(2) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to take or attempt to take menhaden by purse seine except as follows:

(a) The starting date for the commercial menhaden season in the territorial waters of Alabama shall be the third Monday in April and the closing date shall be November 1 of each year (both dates inclusive).

(b) The taking of menhaden by purse seine shall be permitted only in those waters of the Gulf of Mexico as described below:

Mississippi Sound South and west of a line extending from the eastern tip of the South Rigolets (30°21'. 120N, 088°23'. 490W) Westward to the charted position of Bayou LaBatre Channel marker "19", then running due south to its intersection with Dauphin Island, except those waters lying within one (1) mile of the shoreline of Dauphin Island shall be closed. The Gulf of Mexico for a distance of three (3) miles, except those waters lying within one (1) mile of the Gulf Beaches shall be closed.

Author: James D. Martin

Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 9-2-4, 9-2-7, 9-2-8, and 9-2-12.

PENALTY: As provided by law.

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