Shipping Requirements
Seafood transporters must mark all vehicles used to transport seafood with
the name and address of your company, plainly mark all shipments containing
seafood products or bait, and attach records, tags, or certificates showing names
of the buyer and seller and an itemized statement of the number of pounds of
seafood or bait and the names of each kind or species of seafood or bait in the
shipment. Bills of lading issued by a common carrier for shipments of seafood
products or bait must state the number of packages that contain seafood
products or bait and the date and names of the buyer and seller and include an
itemized statement of the number of pounds of seafood or bait and the names of
each kind or species of seafood or bait in the shipment. Shipments are subject to
inspection while in transit and upon leaving the state.
Reptile and amphibian transporters must plainly mark all shipments containing
reptiles or amphibians and attach tags or certificates showing names of the
buyer and seller and an itemized statement of each kind of reptile or amphibian
in the shipment. Bills of lading issued by a common carrier for shipments of
reptiles or amphibians must state the number of packages that contain reptiles,
or amphibians. Out-of-state shipments of reptiles or amphibians ordinarily used
for human consumption must be registered at some port of exit and inspected.
Transporters
To operate any commercial transport vehicle and load, unload, or transport fish or reptiles and amphibians, you must have one of the following LDWF-issued licenses.
Common carriers are exempt from these license requirements. In addition, transport license requirements do not apply to processed fish or fish products (drying to a
point of dehydration, canning, salting, breading, and cooking for immediate consumption).
If you:
You must have a/an:
Fees and notes:
Are a licensed wholesale/retail seafood
dealer delivering seafood
Wholesale/Retail Seafood
Transport License
$30 per vehicle (residents and nonresidents); can only be purchased by a licensed
Louisiana commercial fisherman or wholesale/retail seafood dealer; issued in the
purchaser’s name. If you’re transporting fish under a transport license, you may not buy
or sell and fish (unless working under a transport license purchased in connection with
a wholesale/retail seafood dealer license and buying fish for and transporting such fish
to the dealer to whom the license was issued). A dealer may purchase any number of
transport licenses; transport licenses are freely transferable between vehicles, but the
licensee remains responsible for all activities conducted under that license.
Are a licensed retail seafood dealer
picking up seafood from a wholesale/retail
dealer and transporting it to your business
Retail Seafood Transport
License
Are transporting a commercial fisherman’s
catch to a wholesale/retail dealer for sale
Commercial Fisherman
Seafood Transport License
Ship seafood out of state
Wholesale/Retail Seafood
Dealer License OR Seafood
Transport License purchased
with the dealer license
• Dealer License: $250 resident; $1,105 nonresident
• Seafood Transport License: $30 for residents and nonresidents
Operate commercial transport vehicles
and load, unload, or transport reptiles or
amphibians
Reptile and Amphibian
Collector License, Reptile and
Amphibian Wholesale/Retail
Dealer License, OR Reptile
and Amphibian Transport
License
•
Collector License: $25 resident/$10 resident under age 16, $200 nonresident
• 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).
• Transport License: $30/vehicle resident, $120/vehicle nonresident; transferable
between vehicles. Only licensed reptile and amphibian collectors or wholesale/
retail dealers may purchase. Transport licenseholders may not buy/sell reptiles or
amphibians unless buying on behalf of the dealer to whom the transport license was
issued and transporting the purchase back to them.
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Seafood transporters must mark all vehicles used to transport seafood with
the name and address of your company, plainly mark all shipments containing
seafood products or bait, and attach records, tags, or certificates showing names
of the buyer and seller and an itemized statement of the number of pounds of
seafood or bait and the names of each kind or species of seafood or bait in the
shipment. Bills of lading issued by a common carrier for shipments of seafood
products or bait must state the number of packages that contain seafood
products or bait and the date and names of the buyer and seller and include an
itemized statement of the number of pounds of seafood or bait and the names of
each kind or species of seafood or bait in the shipment. Shipments are subject to
inspection while in transit and upon leaving the state.
Reptile and amphibian transporters must plainly mark all shipments containing
reptiles or amphibians and attach tags or certificates showing names of the
buyer and seller and an itemized statement of each kind of reptile or amphibian
in the shipment. Bills of lading issued by a common carrier for shipments of
reptiles or amphibians must state the number of packages that contain reptiles,
or amphibians. Out-of-state shipments of reptiles or amphibians ordinarily used
for human consumption must be registered at some port of exit and inspected.
Transporters
To operate any commercial transport vehicle and load, unload, or transport fish or reptiles and amphibians, you must have one of the following LDWF-issued licenses.
Common carriers are exempt from these license requirements. In addition, transport license requirements do not apply to processed fish or fish products (drying to a
point of dehydration, canning, salting, breading, and cooking for immediate consumption).
If you:
You must have a/an:
Fees and notes:
Are a licensed wholesale/retail seafood
dealer delivering seafood
Wholesale/Retail Seafood
Transport License
$30 per vehicle (residents and nonresidents); can only be purchased by a licensed
Louisiana commercial fisherman or wholesale/retail seafood dealer; issued in the
purchaser’s name. If you’re transporting fish under a transport license, you may not buy
or sell and fish (unless working under a transport license purchased in connection with
a wholesale/retail seafood dealer license and buying fish for and transporting such fish
to the dealer to whom the license was issued). A dealer may purchase any number of
transport licenses; transport licenses are freely transferable between vehicles, but the
licensee remains responsible for all activities conducted under that license.
Are a licensed retail seafood dealer
picking up seafood from a wholesale/retail
dealer and transporting it to your business
Retail Seafood Transport
License
Are transporting a commercial fisherman’s
catch to a wholesale/retail dealer for sale
Commercial Fisherman
Seafood Transport License
Ship seafood out of state
Wholesale/Retail Seafood
Dealer License OR Seafood
Transport License purchased
with the dealer license
• Dealer License: $250 resident; $1,105 nonresident
• Seafood Transport License: $30 for residents and nonresidents
Operate commercial transport vehicles
and load, unload, or transport reptiles or
amphibians
Reptile and Amphibian
Collector License, Reptile and
Amphibian Wholesale/Retail
Dealer License, OR Reptile
and Amphibian Transport
License
•
Collector License: $25 resident/$10 resident under age 16, $200 nonresident
• 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).
• Transport License: $30/vehicle resident, $120/vehicle nonresident; transferable
between vehicles. Only licensed reptile and amphibian collectors or wholesale/
retail dealers may purchase. Transport licenseholders may not buy/sell reptiles or
amphibians unless buying on behalf of the dealer to whom the transport license was
issued and transporting the purchase back to them.
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