when do the net boats do their annoying thing off the beach this year? coming down July 9-16 and hate being there when they are depleting the beaches of fish
thanks!
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when do the net boats do their annoying thing off the beach this year? coming down July 9-16 and hate being there when they are depleting the beaches of fish
thanks!
Where are you staying?
The regulations are different for different areas...
Gill Net Regulation Changes | Outdoor Alabama
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(7) Special Gulf waters provisions on closures, openings, and mesh size:
(a) From 12:01 a.m. May 15 to 12:01 a.m. the day after Labor Day each year thereafter, all waters of the Gulf of Mexico, from Old Little Lagoon Pass East to the Florida line shall be closed to the commercial use of gill nets, trammel nets, other entangling nets, seines, and haul seines.
(b) It shall be unlawful to use or possess a gill net, trammel net, other entangling net or seine in Alabama waters in the Gulf of Mexico, including Pelican Bay, from March 15 through Labor Day each year from 12:00 noon each Friday through 7:00 pm each Sunday. Except that any person possessing a valid Federal Fisheries Permit that allows the use of a seine, gill net, trammel net or other entangling net in federal waters may transport such net on board a boat without an Alabama commercial gill net license in the following waters of the State of Alabama: in a marked navigational channel, due south of the charted position of Bayou La Batre Channel Marker " 5", in the Gulf of Mexico due south of Perdido Pass, and for vessels leaving from Billy Goat Hole on Dauphin Island or Fort Morgan Ramp, lower Mobile Bay. All vessels using this lower Mobile Bay transport exception shall proceed as directly, continuously and expeditiously as possible to or from the Mobile Ship Channel. All vessels using any transport exception shall proceed as directly, continuously and expeditiously as possible to or from Federal waters.
(c) In addition, all waters of the Gulf of Mexico including Pelican
Bay, from the shoreline (including Pelican/Sand Island) out to 0.25 miles shall be closed year round to the commercial use of gill nets, trammel nets, other entangling nets, seines, and haul seines, except as follows:
(i) From 12:01 a.m. March 15 to 12:01 a.m. May 15 each year, the following portion of said waters shall be open to such use from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Monday through Thursday, 12:00 midnight to 12:00 noon on Friday and from 7:00 p.m. to 12:00 midnight on Sunday: From Old Little Lagoon Pass, East to the Florida Line;
(ii) From 12:01 a.m. October 2 to 12:01 a.m. January 1 each year, the following portion of said waters shall be open to such use 24 hours per day: From Old Little Lagoon Pass, East to the Florida line;
(iii) From 12:01 a.m. on the day after Labor Day through March 14 each year, the following portion of said waters shall be open to such use 24 hours per day: West of Old Little Lagoon Pass in Mobile and Baldwin Counties; and
(iv) From March 15 through Labor Day each year, the following portion of said waters shall be open to such use from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Monday through
Thursday, 12:00 midnight to 12:00 noon on Friday and from 7:00 p.m. to 12:00 midnight on Sunday: West of Old Little Lagoon Pass to the last house on Dauphin Island (located at Longitude 88º11.500W).
(v) From March 15 through Labor Day each year, the following portion of said waters shall be open to such use from 7:00 p.m. Sunday through 12:00 noon Friday each week: Those waters west of the last house on Dauphin Island (located at Longitude 88º11.500).
(d) For the purposes of this regulation, Old Little Lagoon Pass is located at Longitude 087º47.826W.
within sight of the pier :) thanks for the information!