There is hereby appropriated annually out of the Seafood Fund of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources the sum of $3,500.00 to the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission as the State of Alabama's prorated share of said commission's annual operating expenses as provided in the "Gulf States Marine Fisheries Compact," Sections 9-12-180 through 9-12-183.
Ala. Code § 9-12-184 (1975)