[See the Compiler’s Notes.]

(a) Before any person, firm or corporation engages in the business of a wholesale fish dealer or a wholesale mussel dealer, as defined in this subsection (a), such person, firm or corporation shall possess the appropriate license.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 70-2-206

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Fish: means all species of trout, salmon, walleye, northern pike, bass, crappie, bluegill, catfish, perch, sunfish, drum, carp, sucker, shad, minnow, and such other species of fish that are presently found in the state or may be introduced or transplanted into this state for consumptive or nonconsumptive use. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
  • Person: means an individual, association, partnership, or corporation. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
  • Sell: includes the offering or possessing for sale, bartering, exchanging or trading. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Wholesale fish dealer: means any person in the business of buying from a commercial fisher, fish or other edible aquatic life, or parts of fish or other edible aquatic life, or products taken from the waters of this state for the purpose of canning, preserving or processing. See Tennessee Code 70-2-206
  • Wholesale mussel dealer: means any person who buys freshwater mussels or parts of mussels for the purpose of selling, processing or handling for shipment, to wholesalers, retailers or consumers. See Tennessee Code 70-2-206
(b)

(1) “Person” includes the plural as well as the singular, as the case demands, and includes individuals, partnerships, associations, or corporations;
(2) “Places of business,” as used in this title, includes the place where orders for aquatic products are received, or where aquatic products are purchased or sold;
(3) “Wholesale fish dealer” means any person in the business of buying from a commercial fisher, fish or other edible aquatic life, or parts of fish or other edible aquatic life, or products taken from the waters of this state for the purpose of canning, preserving or processing; or any person in the business of buying from a wholesale fish dealer for the purpose of selling or handling for shipment or sale. Excluded from this definition are restaurants, hotels, grocery stores, retail fish markets, and other businesses that do not buy directly from a commercial fisher and that sell directly to the general public. Each separate place of business shall require a separate license; and
(4) “Wholesale mussel dealer” means any person who buys freshwater mussels or parts of mussels for the purpose of selling, processing or handling for shipment, to wholesalers, retailers or consumers.
(c) [Deleted by 2021 amendment.]
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