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product(s) themselves are required to report
these landings under the Trip Ticket Program.
(See Page 19 — COMMERCIAL HARVEST
REPORTS.)
Restaurant owners, operators or employees may purchase aquatic products (only for
consumption by the restaurant’s patrons on
the restaurant premises) only from persons
or entities in this state who hold a valid:
• general commercial fisherman’s license;
• wholesale fish dealer’s license;
• fish farmer’s license;
• commercial shrimp boat license;
• commercial shrimp boat captain’s license;
• commercial crab fisherman’s license; or
• commercial finfish fisherman’s license.
SHIPPING REGULATIONS
AQUATIC PRODUCT
TRANSPORTATION INVOICES
All aquatic products (uncooked, fresh or frozen
fish, shrimp, oysters, crabs, etc.) shipped for
commercial purposes must be accompanied
by an invoice prepared by the shipper containing the following information:
• Invoice Number
• Date of Shipment
• Name and Physical Address of Shipper
(Fish Dealer)
• Name and Physical Address of Receiver
• Dealer Number of Shipper
• Quantity of Aquatic Products contained
in the shipment; finfish by species, number or weight; oysters by volume; and all
other aquatic products by weight.
Shippers shall sequentially number invoices
during each license year. No number may be
used twice during any one license period.
Shipper and receiver shall maintain a copy
of invoice for a period of one year from date
of shipment.
INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION
No person may bring into this state and
deliver aquatic products for commercial
purposes unless the person has obtained a
wholesale fish dealer’s license, a retail fish
dealer’s license, a bait dealer’s license, or an
exotic species interstate transport permit,
as applicable, issued by the Texas Parks and
Wildlife Department.
Aquatic products lawfully taken from the
waters of another state may be sold within
this state by licensed dealers without regard
to size limitations imposed on such products
taken within this state. A record of the source
and disposition of such undersize or oversize
products shall be maintained by the dealer for
as long as the undersize or oversize products
are retained and for at least 30 days thereafter.
No person may transport aquatic products
out of this state for commercial purposes
unless the transporter first obtains a wholesale fish dealer’s license or a retail fish dealer’s license. A person who delivers aquatic
products for a licensed wholesale fish dealer
or retail fish dealer must possess a copy of
the dealer’s license while making deliveries.
CONTAINERS
All containers of aquatic products shipped
for commercial purposes must have a label
attached to the outside listing the following
information:
• Aquatic Products Transportation Invoice
number of the shipment of which the
container is a part
• Kind of aquatic product contained
• Weight of aquatic product in the container
Finfish may not be shipped in individual
packages that contain more than one species.
A commercial fisherman licensed to take
aquatic products from Texas waters transporting their own catch within this state is
not required to invoice the shipment or label
containers.
LICENSES
Any person transporting aquatic products for
commercial purposes must have in his possession the license authorizing the shipment.
• Commercial finfish fisherman’s license
OR
• General commercial fisherman’s license
and an affidavit from the holder of the
commercial finfish fisherman’s license
authorizing the person to operate their
fishing devices for shipments of the
fisherman’s own catch.
• Commercial shrimp boat license (or
copy of commercial shrimp boat license)
and commercial shrimp boat captain’s
license for shipments of shrimp and/or
other aquatic products taken on a
commercial shrimp boat.
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product(s) themselves are required to report
these landings under the Trip Ticket Program.
(See Page 19 — COMMERCIAL HARVEST
REPORTS.)
Restaurant owners, operators or employees may purchase aquatic products (only for
consumption by the restaurant’s patrons on
the restaurant premises) only from persons
or entities in this state who hold a valid:
• general commercial fisherman’s license;
• wholesale fish dealer’s license;
• fish farmer’s license;
• commercial shrimp boat license;
• commercial shrimp boat captain’s license;
• commercial crab fisherman’s license; or
• commercial finfish fisherman’s license.
SHIPPING REGULATIONS
AQUATIC PRODUCT
TRANSPORTATION INVOICES
All aquatic products (uncooked, fresh or frozen
fish, shrimp, oysters, crabs, etc.) shipped for
commercial purposes must be accompanied
by an invoice prepared by the shipper containing the following information:
• Invoice Number
• Date of Shipment
• Name and Physical Address of Shipper
(Fish Dealer)
• Name and Physical Address of Receiver
• Dealer Number of Shipper
• Quantity of Aquatic Products contained
in the shipment; finfish by species, number or weight; oysters by volume; and all
other aquatic products by weight.
Shippers shall sequentially number invoices
during each license year. No number may be
used twice during any one license period.
Shipper and receiver shall maintain a copy
of invoice for a period of one year from date
of shipment.
INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION
No person may bring into this state and
deliver aquatic products for commercial
purposes unless the person has obtained a
wholesale fish dealer’s license, a retail fish
dealer’s license, a bait dealer’s license, or an
exotic species interstate transport permit,
as applicable, issued by the Texas Parks and
Wildlife Department.
Aquatic products lawfully taken from the
waters of another state may be sold within
this state by licensed dealers without regard
to size limitations imposed on such products
taken within this state. A record of the source
and disposition of such undersize or oversize
products shall be maintained by the dealer for
as long as the undersize or oversize products
are retained and for at least 30 days thereafter.
No person may transport aquatic products
out of this state for commercial purposes
unless the transporter first obtains a wholesale fish dealer’s license or a retail fish dealer’s license. A person who delivers aquatic
products for a licensed wholesale fish dealer
or retail fish dealer must possess a copy of
the dealer’s license while making deliveries.
CONTAINERS
All containers of aquatic products shipped
for commercial purposes must have a label
attached to the outside listing the following
information:
• Aquatic Products Transportation Invoice
number of the shipment of which the
container is a part
• Kind of aquatic product contained
• Weight of aquatic product in the container
Finfish may not be shipped in individual
packages that contain more than one species.
A commercial fisherman licensed to take
aquatic products from Texas waters transporting their own catch within this state is
not required to invoice the shipment or label
containers.
LICENSES
Any person transporting aquatic products for
commercial purposes must have in his possession the license authorizing the shipment.
• Commercial finfish fisherman’s license
OR
• General commercial fisherman’s license
and an affidavit from the holder of the
commercial finfish fisherman’s license
authorizing the person to operate their
fishing devices for shipments of the
fisherman’s own catch.
• Commercial shrimp boat license (or
copy of commercial shrimp boat license)
and commercial shrimp boat captain’s
license for shipments of shrimp and/or
other aquatic products taken on a
commercial shrimp boat.
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