Ala. Code § 9-12-232 (1975) Commercial Gill Net Permits - Acquisition and Retirement

• Library: Alabama Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions.
• Year: 2023
• Citation: Ala. Code § 9-12-232 (1975)

(a) The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall establish and administer a voluntary program to acquire and retire commercial gill net permits of saltwater commercial fishermen issued pursuant to Section 9-12-113.

(b) Each resident Alabama saltwater commercial fisherman who possesses a valid Alabama permit June 1, 2008, and any nonresident commercial fisherman who has held a commercial gill net license for 25 years or more without a fishing violation who possesses a valid Alabama permit on June 1, 2008, may surrender his or her license on or before March 1, 2009.

(c) Upon surrender of the license, the following shall apply:

(1) If the total income of the license holder from dockside value of finfish harvested and landed in Alabama using gill nets in the last three years was less than five thousand dollars ($5,000), the licensee shall receive a payment from the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources of six thousand dollars ($6,000), payable by March 1, 2009.

(2) If the total income of the license holder from dockside values of finfish harvested and landed in Alabama using gill nets was above five thousand dollars ($5,000), but less than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), he or she shall receive a one-time payment from the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources equal to 200 percent of his or her highest income for the calendar year 2005, 2006, or 2007, payable by March 1, 2009.

(3) In the event the total income of the license holder from dockside values of finfish harvested and landed in Alabama using gill nets was over twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), he or she shall receive from the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources a one-time payment equal to 125 percent of the highest income from the calendar year 2005, 2006, or 2007, payable by March 1, 2009.