It shall be unlawful to take, catch, kill, or attempt to take, catch, or kill mussels in the following areas:

1. (1) Wheeler Lake, an impoundment on the Tennessee River, from Guntersville Dam downstream to the mouth of Shoal Creek (approximately 347 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River).
2. (2) Wheeler Lake, an impoundment on the Tennessee River from the upstream end or head of Hobbs Island downstream to Whitesburg Bridge.
3. (3) Pickwick Lake, an impoundment on the Tennessee River, from Wilson Dam downstream to the upper end or head of Seven Mile Island.
4. (4) Wilson Lake, an impoundment on the Tennessee River, from Wheeler Dam downstream to the mouth of Town Creek on the South Bank and the mouth of Bluewater Creek on the north bank.
5. (5) The Cahaba River.
6. (6) The Alabama River from the mouth of Mulberry Creek (RM 220.0) downstream to the Edmund Pettus Bridge (RM 205.3).

Author: M. Barnett Lawley

Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§9-11-371, 9-2-7, 9-2-8, 9-2-12.

Penalty: As provided by law.

History: Filed September 30, 1982. Amended: August 20, 1992. Amended: Filed May 13, 2009; effective June 17, 2009.