Listen Up Fishing Enthusiasts!

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Alabama has a new fishing rule aimed at
protecting an aging catfish population prowling the murky depths of
its many waterways.
Conservation officials hope it discourages out-of-state
fishermen from hauling away big catfish to put them in pay-to-fish
ponds up North.
The catch-limit rule, backed by trophy anglers, also covers
local fishermen, including some who doubt there's a shortage of big
catfish.
The state in October began enforcing a new regulation that says
only one catfish longer than 34 inches may be harvested each day by
an angler. It's the state's first catch limit on the nongame
catfish.
The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources regulation
also says live blue catfish or flathead catfish longer than 34
inches cannot be taken out of Alabama without written approval from
the state's conservation commissioner.