It shall be unlawful to set or place any
commercial or recreational trap used for the
taking of crabs or other seafood in the
access canals of Heron Bay (west of and
adjacent to State Highway 193) or within three
hundred feet (300’) of any navigational
channel marked by a lawfully established
system of waterway markers or any public
boat launching ramp, Heron Bay Cutoff, or
the mouth of the West Fowl River, Weeks
Bay, Fish River, Magnolia River, any manmade canal, or in any manner so as to prevent
ingress or egress to or from any pier, wharf,
dock, marina, or boat launching ramp.
It shall be unlawful to set or place any
commercial trap used for the taking of crabs or
other seafood in Mobile River, Dog River,
Theodore Industrial Canal, Fowl River, the
northwest arm of Heron Bay, Heron Bayou (off
northwest arm of Heron Bay), Bill’s Bayou (in
Heron Bay), Bayou Coden, Bayou La Batre, or
their tributaries, in Mobile County, Magnolia
River, Bon Secour River north of Channel
Markers 7 and 8, Wolf Creek, Sandy Creek,
Mifflin Creek, Hammock Creek, Roberts
Bayou, Soldier Creek, Palmetto Creek, Old
River (between Ono Island and Perdido Key),
or their tributaries, in Baldwin County, or in
any man-made canal [including but not
limited to the following on Dauphin Island:
Quivera Bay, Polaris Lagoon, Port Royal
Lagoon, Lafitte Bay, Indian Bay, Indian Canal,
Buchanan Bay, Columbia Bay, Colony Cove,
Spanish Bay, Barcelona Bay, Confederate Bay,
Salt Creek (Heron Bayou), Government Cut, and
Billy Goat Hole].
It shall be unlawful to set or place any
recreational trap used for the taking of crabs or
other seafood in any area named in the above
paragraph of this regulation, unless such trap
shall be physically attached by a line to a pier,
dock, piling, bulkhead, boathouse, or other
structure, on or attached to the shore. Such line
shall allow the crab trap to be placed no farther
than a distance of ten feet (10’) from the pier,
dock, boathouse, or shoreline. No more than
five (5) traps shall be allowed per property.
Recreational crab traps shall be marked with an
orange floating, visible buoy not less than six
inches (6”) in diameter or width. The buoy shall
have a legible letter “R” at least two inches (2”)
high, permanently affixed to it.
Crab traps which are no longer serviceable or in
use shall be removed from the water by the
owner thereof. No person shall intentionally
damage or destroy crab traps or the floats or
lines attached thereto.
Any unidentified, improperly marked, or
illegally placed crab trap shall be considered a
nuisance and may be confiscated by a
conservation enforcement officer or other
authorized agent of the ADCNR.
Any person, firm, or corporation taking,
catching, selling, transporting, or possessing
crabs shall have in their possession a valid
license, if applicable, for such activity.
During the first and second day of each calendar
month, a validly licensed crab catcher may
recover crab traps that are unidentified and
derelict or abandoned. The catcher shall report
to the Marine Resources Division the number
traps recovered, the location of the recovery of
each trap, and any additional information
required by the Division. The report shall be
made no later than the close of the business day
following the recovery of a crab trap (excludes
holidays and weekends).
Such license shall be immediately available for
inspection, upon request, by a conservation
enforcement officer or other authorized agent.
FINFISH
Saltwater Rod and Reel License
Annual license expires August 31 each year.
Required by any person who is 16 years of age
or older, but has not yet reached the age of 65,
who takes, catches, kills, possess or attempts to
take catch, kill, or possess by the use of rod
& reel, artificial bait, lure, fly, gig, cast net,
bow, crab trap or spear.
Resident Annual
• Annual
$23.35
• 7-day trip
$9.80
Nonresident – 7 Day
• Florida
$30.10
• All other states
$27.70
Nonresident – Annual
• Louisiana
$90.10
• All other states
$49.95
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commercial or recreational trap used for the
taking of crabs or other seafood in the
access canals of Heron Bay (west of and
adjacent to State Highway 193) or within three
hundred feet (300’) of any navigational
channel marked by a lawfully established
system of waterway markers or any public
boat launching ramp, Heron Bay Cutoff, or
the mouth of the West Fowl River, Weeks
Bay, Fish River, Magnolia River, any manmade canal, or in any manner so as to prevent
ingress or egress to or from any pier, wharf,
dock, marina, or boat launching ramp.
It shall be unlawful to set or place any
commercial trap used for the taking of crabs or
other seafood in Mobile River, Dog River,
Theodore Industrial Canal, Fowl River, the
northwest arm of Heron Bay, Heron Bayou (off
northwest arm of Heron Bay), Bill’s Bayou (in
Heron Bay), Bayou Coden, Bayou La Batre, or
their tributaries, in Mobile County, Magnolia
River, Bon Secour River north of Channel
Markers 7 and 8, Wolf Creek, Sandy Creek,
Mifflin Creek, Hammock Creek, Roberts
Bayou, Soldier Creek, Palmetto Creek, Old
River (between Ono Island and Perdido Key),
or their tributaries, in Baldwin County, or in
any man-made canal [including but not
limited to the following on Dauphin Island:
Quivera Bay, Polaris Lagoon, Port Royal
Lagoon, Lafitte Bay, Indian Bay, Indian Canal,
Buchanan Bay, Columbia Bay, Colony Cove,
Spanish Bay, Barcelona Bay, Confederate Bay,
Salt Creek (Heron Bayou), Government Cut, and
Billy Goat Hole].
It shall be unlawful to set or place any
recreational trap used for the taking of crabs or
other seafood in any area named in the above
paragraph of this regulation, unless such trap
shall be physically attached by a line to a pier,
dock, piling, bulkhead, boathouse, or other
structure, on or attached to the shore. Such line
shall allow the crab trap to be placed no farther
than a distance of ten feet (10’) from the pier,
dock, boathouse, or shoreline. No more than
five (5) traps shall be allowed per property.
Recreational crab traps shall be marked with an
orange floating, visible buoy not less than six
inches (6”) in diameter or width. The buoy shall
have a legible letter “R” at least two inches (2”)
high, permanently affixed to it.
Crab traps which are no longer serviceable or in
use shall be removed from the water by the
owner thereof. No person shall intentionally
damage or destroy crab traps or the floats or
lines attached thereto.
Any unidentified, improperly marked, or
illegally placed crab trap shall be considered a
nuisance and may be confiscated by a
conservation enforcement officer or other
authorized agent of the ADCNR.
Any person, firm, or corporation taking,
catching, selling, transporting, or possessing
crabs shall have in their possession a valid
license, if applicable, for such activity.
During the first and second day of each calendar
month, a validly licensed crab catcher may
recover crab traps that are unidentified and
derelict or abandoned. The catcher shall report
to the Marine Resources Division the number
traps recovered, the location of the recovery of
each trap, and any additional information
required by the Division. The report shall be
made no later than the close of the business day
following the recovery of a crab trap (excludes
holidays and weekends).
Such license shall be immediately available for
inspection, upon request, by a conservation
enforcement officer or other authorized agent.
FINFISH
Saltwater Rod and Reel License
Annual license expires August 31 each year.
Required by any person who is 16 years of age
or older, but has not yet reached the age of 65,
who takes, catches, kills, possess or attempts to
take catch, kill, or possess by the use of rod
& reel, artificial bait, lure, fly, gig, cast net,
bow, crab trap or spear.
Resident Annual
• Annual
$23.35
• 7-day trip
$9.80
Nonresident – 7 Day
• Florida
$30.10
• All other states
$27.70
Nonresident – Annual
• Louisiana
$90.10
• All other states
$49.95
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