Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 47.0091

This is the official text of Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 47.0091, part of Texas’s Parks and Wildlife Code — governs state parks, hunting, and fishing.

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§ 47.0091. PURCHASE OF AQUATIC PRODUCTS BY WHOLESALE FISH DEALERS.

Official statutory text

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 or entity in this state unless the dealer purchases the product from the operator of a commercial aquaculture facility as defined by Section 134.001, Agriculture Code, or the holder of:

(1) a general commercial fisherman's license;

(2) a commercial oyster fisherman's license;

(3) a commercial oyster boat license;

(4) a wholesale fish dealer's license;

(5) a commercial shrimp boat license;

(6) a commercial oyster boat captain's license;

(7) a commercial shrimp boat captain's license;

(8) a commercial crab fisherman's license;

(9) a commercial finfish fisherman's license;

(10) a commercial gulf shrimp unloading license; or

(11) a cultivated oyster mariculture permit.

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