Ala. Code § 9-12-62

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association, by himself or itself or through his or its agent, to mutilate, destroy or remove any buoy or other marker placed, set or stationed by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources or its duly authorized agent or stationed by any lessee of oyster bottoms or other person authorized to place, set or station any buoy or other marker on the public reefs, beds and bottoms of the State of Alabama.