Texas Parks And Wildlife Code Title 5, Chapter 47 - Commercial Fishing Licenses
SUBCHAPTER A LICENSES
- Texas Section 47.001 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Commercial fisherman" means a person who for pay or for the purpose of sale, barter, or exchange or any other commercial...
- Texas Section 47.002 - General Commercial Fisherman's License
(a) No person may engage in business as a commercial fisherman unless he has obtained a general commercial fisherman's license. (b) The license fee for...
- Texas Section 47.004 - Resident Fishing Guide License
(a) No resident may engage in business as a fishing guide unless the resident has obtained a resident fishing guide license. (b) The commission may...
- Texas Section 47.005 - Nonresident Fishing Guide License
(a) No nonresident may engage in business as a fishing guide unless the nonresident has obtained a nonresident fishing guide license. (b) The commission may...
- Texas Section 47.006 - License Fee
The license fee for resident, nonresident, freshwater, and saltwater guides is $75 or an amount for each guide type set separately by the commission, whichever...
- Texas Section 47.007 - Commercial Fishing Boat License
(a) No person may use a vessel required to be numbered or registered under the laws of this state or the United States for the...
- Texas Section 47.008 - Menhaden Boat Licenses
(a) A boat may not be used for the purpose of catching, storing, and transporting menhaden in tidal water unless the owner of the boat...
- Texas Section 47.009 - Wholesale Fish Dealer's License
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c) of this section, no person may engage in business as a wholesale fish dealer unless he has obtained...
- Texas Section 47.0091 - Purchase Of Aquatic Products By Wholesale Fish Dealers
No wholesale fish dealer may purchase for resale or receive for sale, barter, exchange, or any other commercial purpose any aquatic product from any person...
- Texas Section 47.010 - Wholesale Truck Dealer's Fish License
(a) The license fee for a wholesale truck dealer's fish license is $250 for each truck or an amount set by the commission, whichever amount...
- Texas Section 47.011 - Retail Fish Dealer's License
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c) of this section, no person may engage in business as a retail fish dealer unless he has obtained...
- Texas Section 47.0111 - Purchase Of Aquatic Products By Retail Fish Dealers
No retail fish dealer may purchase for resale or receive for sale, barter, exchange, or any other commercial purposes any aquatic products from any person...
- Texas Section 47.012 - Purchase Of Aquatic Products By Restaurant Owner, Operator, Or Employee
No restaurant owner, operator, or employee may purchase for consumption by the restaurant's patrons on the restaurant's premises any aquatic product from any person or...
- Texas Section 47.013 - Retail Dealer's Truck License
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c) of this section, a person may engage in the business of selling edible aquatic products from a motor...
- Texas Section 47.014 - Bait Dealer's License
(a) No person may engage in business as a bait dealer unless the person has obtained the appropriate bait dealer's license. (b) The license fee...
- Texas Section 47.016 - Menhaden Fish Plant License
(a) No person may operate a menhaden fish plant unless he has obtained a menhaden fish plant license. (b) Applications for a menhaden fish plant...
- Texas Section 47.017 - Renewal Of Fish Plant License
The department shall renew a menhaden fish plant license on the application of the licensee and on the payment of a renewal fee of $50...
- Texas Section 47.018 - Interstate Transportation
(a) 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,...
- Texas Section 47.0181 - Aquatic Product Transportation Invoices
(a) No person, except a commercial fisherman licensed to take aquatic products from Texas waters transporting the fisherman's own catch within this state, may transport...
- Texas Section 47.0182 - Aquatic Product Shipping Requirements
(a) Each container of aquatic products shipped for commercial purposes must have a label attached to the outside listing the following information correctly stated and...
- Texas Section 47.0183 - Transportation Of Aquatic Products; Display Of Documents
(a) A person transporting aquatic products for commercial purposes commits an offense if: (1) the person does not possess the license or a copy of...
SUBCHAPTER B PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO COMMERCIAL FISHING LICENSES
- Texas Section 47.019 - Exclusive Economic Zone
(a) Any vessel operating in the exclusive economic zone that lands fish, shrimp, crabs, or other aquatic organisms in this state is required to be...
- Texas Section 47.031 - Expiration Of Licenses
(a) All licenses and permits issued under the authority of Chapter 47 of this code are valid only during the yearly period for which they...
- Texas Section 47.032 - Refusal Of License
No person owing the state any amount for a license or fee under a final judgment of a court may receive a license under this...
- Texas Section 47.033 - Display Of License
All licenses, except a tidal water commercial fisherman's license, commercial fishing boat license, menhaden boat license, and menhaden fish plant license, must be publicly displayed...
- Texas Section 47.034 - Aquatic Product Size
(a) No person engaged in business as a commercial fisherman or wholesale or retail fish dealer may possess in his place of business or on...
- Texas Section 47.035 - Prima Facie Evidence
Proof of possession of any undersized or oversized fish in the place of business of any wholesale or retail fish dealer or on board any...
- Texas Section 47.037 - Inspection
(a) No person who possesses or handles aquatic products for commercial purposes may refuse to allow an authorized employee of the department to inspect the...
- Texas Section 47.038 - Seines Or Nets For Menhaden
(a) Nets or purse seines used for catching menhaden may not be: (1) less than one and one-half inch stretched mesh, excluding the bag; (2)...
- Texas Section 47.039 - Seasons
(a) The commission may adopt rules setting open and closed seasons for the noncommercial taking of redfish and speckled sea trout. (b) No person may...
SUBCHAPTER C PENALTIES, DISPLAY OF LICENSE, AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS
- Texas Section 47.040 - Refusal To Show License
A person who is engaging in any act for which a license or permit is required by this chapter and who fails or refuses upon...
- Texas Section 47.051 - Penalty
Except as provided by Section 47.052 of this code, a person who violates a provision of this chapter commits an offense that is a Class...
- Texas Section 47.052 - Penalty
(a) A person who fails to comply with or who violates a provision of Section 47.003(a) of this code commits an offense that is a...
SUBCHAPTER D FINFISH LICENSE MANAGEMENT
- Texas Section 47.055 - Disposition Of Funds
Money received for licenses issued under this chapter or fines paid for violations of this chapter, less allowable deductions, shall be sent to the department...
- Texas Section 47.071 - Finfish License Management Program
To promote efficiency and economic stability in the commercial finfish industry and to conserve economically important finfish resources, the department shall implement a finfish license...
- Texas Section 47.072 - Definition
In this subchapter, "license" means a commercial license issued in accordance with a proclamation under this subchapter that authorizes a person to engage in business...
- Texas Section 47.073 - Finfish License Management Review Board
(a) The license holders under this subchapter shall elect a finfish license management review board of nine members. (b) A majority of the members of...
- Texas Section 47.074 - Licensing
(a) No person may engage in business as a commercial finfish fisherman unless the person has obtained a commercial finfish fisherman's license. (b) No person...
- Texas Section 47.075 - License Fee
The fee for a commercial finfish fisherman's license issued under this subchapter is $300 or an amount set by the commission, whichever amount is more....
- Texas Section 47.076 - License Renewal
A person seeking to renew a license established by this subchapter must have held the license during the preceding license year. Added by Acts 1999,...
- Texas Section 47.077 - Limit On Number Of Licenses Held
(a) A person may not hold or directly or indirectly control more than three licenses issued under this subchapter. (b) A license issued to a...
- Texas Section 47.078 - Expiration Of License
A license required by this subchapter is valid only during the period for which it is issued without regard to the date on which the...
- Texas Section 47.079 - License Transfer
(a) The commission by rule may set a fee for the transfer of a license. The amount of the transfer fee may not exceed the...
- Texas Section 47.080 - License Suspension And Revocation
(a) The executive director, after notice to a license holder and the opportunity for a hearing, may suspend a commercial finfish fisherman's license if: (1)...
- Texas Section 47.081 - License Buyback
(a) The department may implement a license buyback program for licenses issued under this subchapter as part of the finfish license management program established by...
- Texas Section 47.082 - Line Limits
(a) Not later than September 1, 2000, the commission by proclamation issued under this code shall authorize the holder of a commercial finfish fisherman's license...
- Texas Section 47.083 - Crab Traps
(a) Not later than September 1, 2000, the commission by proclamation issued under this code shall authorize the holder of a commercial finfish fisherman's license...
- Texas Section 47.084 - Program Administration; Rules
(a) The executive director shall establish administrative procedures to carry out the requirements of this subchapter. (b) The commission shall adopt any rules necessary for...
- Texas Section 47.085 - Disposition Of Funds
Money received for a license issued under this subchapter and fines for violations of this subchapter shall be remitted to the department by the 10th...
- Texas Section 47.086 - Proclamation; Procedures
Subchapter D, Chapter 61, and Sections 61.054 and 61.055 apply to the adoption of proclamations under this subchapter. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch....
Last modified: September 28, 2016