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2019 Code of Alabama
Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.
Chapter 11 - Fish, Game and Wildlife.
Article 4 - Commercial Fishing in Public Impounded Waters and Navigable Streams.
Section 9-11-148 - Game fish taken to be returned to waters; possession of game fish by commercial fishermen.
Universal Citation: AL Code § 9-11-148 (2019)
Section 9-11-148Game fish taken to be returned to waters; possession of game fish by commercial fishermen.
Should any species of fish designated by the laws or regulations of this state as game fish be taken from the public impounded waters or navigable streams of this state by the use of commercial fishing gear, such fish, without injury, shall be immediately returned to the waters from whence they were taken. The possession by commercial fishermen of any of such fish shall constitute a violation of the provisions of this article, and such possession by such commercial fishermen shall be prima facie evidence of the fact that such fish were taken by the use of commercial fishing gear.
(Acts 1953, No. 784, p. 1069, §6.)
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