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2017-2018 Texas Commercial Fishing Guide
MARKING OF VEHICLES
All motor vehicles, trailers or semi-trailers transporting
aquatic products for commercial purposes are required to
exhibit the inscription “FISH” on the rear of the vehicle. The
inscription shall read from left to right, be attached or
painted on the vehicle in block letters of good proportion in
contrasting color to the background and be at least six inches
in height, or be marked in the lower left portion, on the rear
of the vehicle with a decal (see illustration) as prescribed by
the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission. For information call
(512) 389-4853. Each individual dealer or company is
responsible for generating their own decal according to
provided guidelines.
(Reduced version of truck decal. Must be at least six inches
by six inches in size and in contrasting color to the truck.)
IMPORTATION REGULATIONS
No person may import into this state or
possess a wildlife resource taken outside
this state, unless the person possessing the
wildlife resource produces on demand by a
game warden a valid hunting, fishing or other
applicable license, stamp, tag, permit or
document for the state or country in which
the wildlife resource was legally taken.
A person importing or possessing a wildlife
resource from another state or country must
produce upon demand by a game warden a
valid driver’s license or personal identification
certificate.
Fish imported into Texas and landed by
boat, must comply with Texas bag and size
limits. This does not apply to fish caught
under the authority of an approved Federal
Fishery Management Plan.
COMMERCIALLY PROTECTED FISH
All shipments of commercially protected finfish
must be accompanied by a “Commercially
Protected Finfish Shipping Invoice.” A copy
of the invoice must accompany all commercially protected finfish shipments through
their place of final sale to the consumer.
Commercially Protected Finfish
• Bass of the genus
Micropterus*
• Bass, striped*
• Bass, white*
• Bass, yellow
• Catfish, flathead*
• Crappie, black*
• Crappie, white*
• Drum, red*
• Grouper, goliath
(formerly called
jewfish)
• Marlin, blue
• Marlin, white
• Muskellunge
• Pike, northern
• Sailfish
• Sauger
• Seatrout, spotted
• Snook
• Spearfish, longbill
• Tarpon
• Walleye
• Hybrids of any of
these fish*
*NOTICE: To be lawfully imported, sold or
purchased in Texas, bass of the genus
Micropterus, crappie, flathead catfish, red
drum, striped bass, white bass or a hybrid
of any of these fish must be farm raised
and fed a prepared feed containing 20% or
more of plant protein or grain by-products
as a primary food source.
Commercially Protected Finfish Invoice
1. Shall accompany all shipments of
commercially protected finfish imported,
exported or shipped within the state.
2. Shall contain all of the following information, correctly stated and legibly written:
(a) Commercially Protected Finfish
Shipping Invoice number;
(b) Date of shipment;
(c) Name and physical address of shipper;
(d) Name and physical address of receiver;
(e) Shipper’s and receiver’s Texas Finfish
Import Dealer number when required;
(f) Number and weight of whole fish or
fillets by species contained in the
shipment; and
(g) State (or country, if outside the
United States) of origin.
3. Shall be on the form prescribed by the
Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission and
8-1/2 x 11 inches in size.
4. Be sequentially numbered during the
license period.
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2017-2018 Texas Commercial Fishing Guide
MARKING OF VEHICLES
All motor vehicles, trailers or semi-trailers transporting
aquatic products for commercial purposes are required to
exhibit the inscription “FISH” on the rear of the vehicle. The
inscription shall read from left to right, be attached or
painted on the vehicle in block letters of good proportion in
contrasting color to the background and be at least six inches
in height, or be marked in the lower left portion, on the rear
of the vehicle with a decal (see illustration) as prescribed by
the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission. For information call
(512) 389-4853. Each individual dealer or company is
responsible for generating their own decal according to
provided guidelines.
(Reduced version of truck decal. Must be at least six inches
by six inches in size and in contrasting color to the truck.)
IMPORTATION REGULATIONS
No person may import into this state or
possess a wildlife resource taken outside
this state, unless the person possessing the
wildlife resource produces on demand by a
game warden a valid hunting, fishing or other
applicable license, stamp, tag, permit or
document for the state or country in which
the wildlife resource was legally taken.
A person importing or possessing a wildlife
resource from another state or country must
produce upon demand by a game warden a
valid driver’s license or personal identification
certificate.
Fish imported into Texas and landed by
boat, must comply with Texas bag and size
limits. This does not apply to fish caught
under the authority of an approved Federal
Fishery Management Plan.
COMMERCIALLY PROTECTED FISH
All shipments of commercially protected finfish
must be accompanied by a “Commercially
Protected Finfish Shipping Invoice.” A copy
of the invoice must accompany all commercially protected finfish shipments through
their place of final sale to the consumer.
Commercially Protected Finfish
• Bass of the genus
Micropterus*
• Bass, striped*
• Bass, white*
• Bass, yellow
• Catfish, flathead*
• Crappie, black*
• Crappie, white*
• Drum, red*
• Grouper, goliath
(formerly called
jewfish)
• Marlin, blue
• Marlin, white
• Muskellunge
• Pike, northern
• Sailfish
• Sauger
• Seatrout, spotted
• Snook
• Spearfish, longbill
• Tarpon
• Walleye
• Hybrids of any of
these fish*
*NOTICE: To be lawfully imported, sold or
purchased in Texas, bass of the genus
Micropterus, crappie, flathead catfish, red
drum, striped bass, white bass or a hybrid
of any of these fish must be farm raised
and fed a prepared feed containing 20% or
more of plant protein or grain by-products
as a primary food source.
Commercially Protected Finfish Invoice
1. Shall accompany all shipments of
commercially protected finfish imported,
exported or shipped within the state.
2. Shall contain all of the following information, correctly stated and legibly written:
(a) Commercially Protected Finfish
Shipping Invoice number;
(b) Date of shipment;
(c) Name and physical address of shipper;
(d) Name and physical address of receiver;
(e) Shipper’s and receiver’s Texas Finfish
Import Dealer number when required;
(f) Number and weight of whole fish or
fillets by species contained in the
shipment; and
(g) State (or country, if outside the
United States) of origin.
3. Shall be on the form prescribed by the
Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission and
8-1/2 x 11 inches in size.
4. Be sequentially numbered during the
license period.
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