Ala. Admin. Code r. 220-3-.81

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

Section 220-3-.81 - Special Dredge And Tonging Oyster Relay Season Regulation

(1) A special dredge and tonging oyster relay season is hereby established for persons licensed under Section 9-12-82 for oyster tonging, or under Sections 9-12-82 and 9-12-87, Code of Ala. 1975, and permitted under Rule 220-3-.02(5), for oyster dredging, in accordance with the following times, places, manners and means:

That area in Mobile Bay West of the Mobile Ship Channel and North of the Theodore Ship Channel and South of a line from the southeast corner of the Brookley Field Airstrip to Mobile Ship Channel Marker Number 73 and described as the "Upper Mobile Bay Special Relay Area" and those manners and means as described in the written permit attached to this regulation and incorporated herein and made a part hereof and titled "Oyster Dredging Permit for Upper Mobile Bay Oyster Relay."

(2) All oysters taken from stated special dredge or tonging relay area must be sacked in 1/4 Alabama barrel sacks and the oysters must be deposited on the designated oyster relay site in Mobile Bay south of the Fowl River Channel. Oysters taken from the Upper Mobile Bay Special Relay Area shall not be landed and no oysters shall remain on the vessels after the vessel exits the designated oyster relay site.

(3) The special oyster dredge relay season shall begin on March 15, 2010, and shall be closed utilizing a public notice by the Director of the marine Resources Division at such time that it is determined by biological surveys and relay data that the oyster resources in the Special Dredge Area are in decline.

(4) It shall be unlawful not to comply with all stated requirements on the written permit allowing oyster dredges required by Rule 220-3-.02(5). The written permit allowing oyster dredges shall state the times and places where using a dredge is allowed.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 220-3-.81

New Rule (PE): Filed March 3, 2010; effective March 3, 2010.

Author: M. Barnett Lawley

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 9-2-4, 9-2-7, 9-2-8, 9-2-12; and 9-12-87

PENALTY: As provided by law.