About the SHOR Act

The Safe & Healthy Outdoor Recreation (SHOR) Act will:

  • Codify into law the existing fish consumption advisory program

  • Install advisory signage with pictures of fish at all public boat ramps and fishing piers across Alabama

  • Create a blue ribbon panel for community input and feedback

  • Add fish consumption advisory information to fishing licenses

Note: Thanks to a partnership between DCNR and river conservation organizations there are some boat ramps and fishing areas that already have signs in place, but there are many more places that need signs.

Let’s compare signs… which one is easiest to understand?

Want to learn more? Watch the award-winning fish consumption advisory short documentary film about fish consumption advisories in Alabama

Wonder how many state-issued fish consumption advisories are in Alabama, the River State?

  • Alabama River Basin: 6 advisories

  • Black Warrior River Basin: 19 advisories

  • Cahaba River Basin: 5 advisories

  • Choctawhatchee River & Coastal Plain: 50 advisories

  • Coosa River Basin: 22 advisories

  • Tallapoosa River Basin: 10 advisories

  • Tennessee River Basin: 38 advisories

  • Tombigbee River Basin: 16 advisories

TAKE ACTION