Texas Parks and Wildlife Code 47.0111 – Purchase of Aquatic Products by Retail Fish Dealers
Terms Used In Texas Parks and Wildlife Code 47.0111
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Written: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures. See Texas Government Code 311.005
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 or entity in this state unless the dealer purchases the product from the operator of a commercial aquaculture facility as defined by § 134.001, Agriculture Code, or the holder of:
(1) a wholesale fish dealer’s license; or
(2) a general commercial fisherman’s license, a commercial shrimp boat license, a commercial shrimp boat captain’s license, a commercial gulf shrimp unloading license, a commercial crab fisherman’s license, or a commercial finfish fisherman’s license when the retail fish dealer has given written notification to the director or the director’s designee of the dealer’s intent to purchase aquatic products from the holder of a general commercial fisherman’s license, a commercial shrimp boat license, a commercial shrimp boat captain’s license, a commercial crab fisherman’s license, or a commercial finfish fisherman’s license.