31 Tex. Admin. Code § 53.12 - Commercial Fishing Licenses and Tags
(a)
Shrimping licenses. The fee amounts prescribed in paragraph (1) of this
subsection reflect the total fee paid by the purchaser and include the
surcharges established in paragraph (2) of this subsection, if applicable.
(1) Licenses:
(A) resident commercial gulf shrimp
boat--$495;
(B) resident commercial
bay shrimp boat--$382.80;
(C)
resident commercial bait-shrimp boat--$366;
(D) resident commercial shrimp boat
captain's--$50;
(E) nonresident
commercial gulf shrimp boat--$1,485;
(F) nonresident commercial bay shrimp
boat--$825;
(G) nonresident
commercial bait-shrimp boat--$788; and
(H) nonresident commercial shrimp boat
captain's--$126.
(2)
Shrimping license surcharge for shrimp marketing account:
(A) resident commercial gulf shrimp
boat--$45;
(B) resident commercial
bay shrimp boat--$34.80;
(C)
nonresident commercial gulf shrimp boat--$135; and
(D) nonresident commercial bay shrimp
boat--$75.
(3) License
transfers:
(A) Transfers between living
persons.
(i) resident commercial gulf shrimp
boat license transfer--$25;
(ii)
resident commercial bay shrimp boat license transfer--$348;
(iii) resident commercial bait-shrimp boat
license transfer--$366;
(iv)
nonresident commercial gulf shrimp boat license transfer--$25;
(v) nonresident commercial bay shrimp boat
license transfer--$750; and
(vi)
nonresident commercial bait-shrimp boat license transfer--$788.
(B) Transfers to heirs (as defined
in Parks and Wildlife Code, §
77.113).
(i) resident commercial bay shrimp
boat--$10;
(ii) resident commercial
bait shrimp boat--$10;
(iii)
nonresident commercial bay shrimp boat--$10; and
(iv) nonresident commercial bait shrimp
boat--$10;
(4) Replacement display licenses.
(A) resident commercial gulf shrimp
boat--$25;
(B) resident commercial
bay shrimp boat--$25;
(C) resident
commercial bait-shrimp boat--$25;
(D) nonresident commercial gulf shrimp
boat--$25;
(E) nonresident
commercial bay shrimp boat--$25;
(F) nonresident commercial bait-shrimp
boat--$25; and
(G) commercial gulf
shrimp unloading license--$25.
(b) Oystering licenses.
(1) Licenses:
(A) resident commercial oyster
boat--$441;
(B) resident sport
oyster boat--$13;
(C) resident
commercial oyster boat captain's--$32;
(D) resident commercial oyster
fisherman's--$126;
(E) nonresident
commercial oyster boat--$1,764;
(F)
nonresident sport oyster boat--$51;
(G) nonresident commercial oyster boat
captain's--$126; and
(H)
nonresident commercial oyster fisherman's--$315.
(2) License transfers:
(A) resident commercial oyster boat
transfer--$25; and
(B) nonresident
commercial oyster boat transfer--$25.
(3) Replacement display licenses:
(A) resident commercial oyster boat--$25;
and
(B) nonresident commercial
oyster boat--$25.
(4)
Tags. Harvester/shell recovery tag--$0.20.
(c) General, finfish, menhaden, mussel, clam,
and miscellaneous licenses.
(1) Licenses and
permits.
(A) commercial fishing boat (required
for any boat used in taking aquatic products (except menhaden, oysters, crabs
and shrimp) from state waters or unloading aquatic products in Texas taken from
outside state waters for commercial purposes):
(i) resident--$27;
(ii) nonresident--$100.
(B) class A menhaden boat--$4,200;
(C) class B menhaden boat--$50;
(D) resident general commercial
fisherman's--$26;
(E) resident
commercial mussel and clam fisherman's--$38;
(F) resident shell buyer's--$126;
(G) nonresident general commercial
fisherman's--$189;
(H) nonresident
commercial mussel and clam fisherman's--$1,008;
(I) nonresident shell
buyer's--$1,890;
(J) menhaden fish
plant permit--$180;
(K) mussel
dredge fee--$36; and
(L) permit to
possess or sell non-game fish--$60;
(2) License transfers. Resident commercial
fishing boat license transfer--$10.
(3) Replacement display licenses.
(A) resident commercial fishing boat--$10;
and
(B) nonresident commercial
fishing boat--$10.
(d) Crab licenses.
(1) Licenses and permits.
(A) resident commercial crab
fisherman's--$630; and
(B)
nonresident commercial crab fisherman's--$2,520.
(2) License transfers.
(A) Transfers between living persons.
(i) resident commercial crab
fisherman's--$630; and
(ii)
nonresident commercial crab fisherman's--$2,520.
(B) Transfers to heirs (as defined by Parks
and Wildlife Code, §
78.109).
(i) resident commercial crab
fisherman's--$10; and
(ii)
nonresident commercial crab fisherman's--$10.
(3) Duplicate display licenses.
(A) resident commercial crab
fisherman's--$25; and
(B)
nonresident commercial crab fisherman's--$25.
(e) Finfish licenses.
(1) Licenses and permits.
(A) resident commercial finfish
fisherman's--$360; and
(B)
nonresident commercial finfish fisherman's--$1,440.
(2) License transfers.
(A) Transfers between living persons.
(i) resident commercial finfish
fisherman's--$360; and
(ii)
nonresident commercial finfish fisherman's--$1,440.
(B) Transfers to heirs. A license may be
transferred to an heir or devisee of the deceased holder of the commercial
finfish license, but only if the heir or devisee is a person who in the absence
of a will would be entitled to all or a portion of the deceased's property.
(i) resident commercial finfish
fisherman's--$10; and
(ii)
nonresident commercial finfish fisherman's--$10.
(3) Duplicate display licenses.
(A) resident commercial finfish
fisherman's--$25; and
(B)
nonresident commercial finfish fisherman's--$25.
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