If you:
You must have a/an:
Fees and notes:
Sell your catch to anyone who doesn’t
have a Wholesale/Retail Seafood
Dealer License (besides consumers) or
transport your catch out of state
Wholesale/Retail Seafood Dealer
License
$250 resident, $1,105 nonresident
Sell your catch directly to consumers
within Louisiana
Fresh Products License
$20 resident, $120 nonresident. Your spouse may purchase a Fresh ProductsSpouse License for $5 to sell directly to consumers.
Dealers, Retailers, and Processors
To purchase, resell, or process seafood products, bait, reptiles or amphibians in Louisiana, you must have one of the following licenses issued by LDWF, unless
otherwise noted. You also must have additional licenses and/or permits to buy, sell, or process some species (see each species section for details).
If you:
You must have a/an:
Fees and notes:
Buy, acquire, or handle seafood
products or bait from licensed
commercial fishermen or wholesale/
retail seafood dealers from in or out
of the state for sale or resale
Wholesale/Retail Seafood Dealer
Business License OR Wholesale/Retail
Seafood Dealer Vehicle License if
selling from a vehicle
$250 resident, $1,105 nonresident. You may buy from licensed commercial
fishermen and licensed wholesale/retail dealers in Louisiana and from out of state.
When buying seafood products for which a permit is required (mullet, reef fish,
spotted seatrout, shark, tuna, etc.), you may only buy from commercial fishermen
who have the required permit. There are no restrictions on whom you may sell to.
You are also licensed to transport fish.
Buy, acquire, or handle seafood
products from a licensed Louisiana
wholesale/retail seafood dealer for
sale to consumers for personal or
household use
Retail Seafood Dealer Business
License OR Retail Seafood Dealer
Vehicle License if selling from a
vehicle
$105 resident, $405 nonresident. You may only buy from licensed wholesale/retail
dealers in Louisiana and only sell directly to consumers for personal or household
use. You may ship seafood products within and out of Louisiana to consumers for
personal or household use. To buy from out of state, you must have a Wholesale/
Retail Seafood Dealer License (see above). Restaurants and grocers are exempt
from these license requirements if they only sell seafood products fully prepared
for immediate consumption.
Buy, acquire, or handle for resale or
sell any native reptiles or amphibians,
including those reared in captivity
Reptile and Amphibian Wholesale/
Retail Dealer License
$105 resident, $405 nonresident. Nonresidents may instead purchase a Three-Day
Reptile and Amphibian Wholesale/Retail Dealer’s License ($75; valid for three
consecutive days). Licensed wholesale/retail seafood dealers are exempt from this
license.
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You must have a/an:
Fees and notes:
Sell your catch to anyone who doesn’t
have a Wholesale/Retail Seafood
Dealer License (besides consumers) or
transport your catch out of state
Wholesale/Retail Seafood Dealer
License
$250 resident, $1,105 nonresident
Sell your catch directly to consumers
within Louisiana
Fresh Products License
$20 resident, $120 nonresident. Your spouse may purchase a Fresh ProductsSpouse License for $5 to sell directly to consumers.
Dealers, Retailers, and Processors
To purchase, resell, or process seafood products, bait, reptiles or amphibians in Louisiana, you must have one of the following licenses issued by LDWF, unless
otherwise noted. You also must have additional licenses and/or permits to buy, sell, or process some species (see each species section for details).
If you:
You must have a/an:
Fees and notes:
Buy, acquire, or handle seafood
products or bait from licensed
commercial fishermen or wholesale/
retail seafood dealers from in or out
of the state for sale or resale
Wholesale/Retail Seafood Dealer
Business License OR Wholesale/Retail
Seafood Dealer Vehicle License if
selling from a vehicle
$250 resident, $1,105 nonresident. You may buy from licensed commercial
fishermen and licensed wholesale/retail dealers in Louisiana and from out of state.
When buying seafood products for which a permit is required (mullet, reef fish,
spotted seatrout, shark, tuna, etc.), you may only buy from commercial fishermen
who have the required permit. There are no restrictions on whom you may sell to.
You are also licensed to transport fish.
Buy, acquire, or handle seafood
products from a licensed Louisiana
wholesale/retail seafood dealer for
sale to consumers for personal or
household use
Retail Seafood Dealer Business
License OR Retail Seafood Dealer
Vehicle License if selling from a
vehicle
$105 resident, $405 nonresident. You may only buy from licensed wholesale/retail
dealers in Louisiana and only sell directly to consumers for personal or household
use. You may ship seafood products within and out of Louisiana to consumers for
personal or household use. To buy from out of state, you must have a Wholesale/
Retail Seafood Dealer License (see above). Restaurants and grocers are exempt
from these license requirements if they only sell seafood products fully prepared
for immediate consumption.
Buy, acquire, or handle for resale or
sell any native reptiles or amphibians,
including those reared in captivity
Reptile and Amphibian Wholesale/
Retail Dealer License
$105 resident, $405 nonresident. Nonresidents may instead purchase a Three-Day
Reptile and Amphibian Wholesale/Retail Dealer’s License ($75; valid for three
consecutive days). Licensed wholesale/retail seafood dealers are exempt from this
license.
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