Tex. Parks & Wild. Code Section 77.040
Other Licenses Required


(a)

A person holding a commercial shrimp boat license under this subchapter is not required to obtain a commercial fishing boat license under Section 47.007 (Commercial Fishing Boat License) of this code.

(b)

The captain of a commercial shrimp boat who holds a commercial shrimp boat captain’s license and each paid member of the crew of a boat having a commercial shrimp boat license issued under this subchapter are not required to have a general commercial fisherman’s license issued under Section 47.002 (General Commercial Fisherman’s License) of this code, a commercial finfish fisherman’s license issued under Section 47.003 of this code, or a bait dealer’s license issued under Section 47.014 (Bait Dealer’s License) of this code to catch and unload aquatic products lawfully taken incidental to lawful shrimping.

(c)

The captain and each crew member of a licensed commercial shrimp boat must possess and produce on request to any enforcement officer proof of the person’s identity.
Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 550, ch. 260, art. 4, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1979; Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 1399, ch. 623, Sec. 9, eff. Aug. 27, 1979; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 365, Sec. 31, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 862, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Source: Section 77.040 — Other Licenses Required, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.­77.­htm#77.­040 (accessed Mar. 23, 2024).

77.001
Definitions
77.002
License Fees
77.003
Disposition of Funds
77.004
Research Program
77.005
Study and Report on Shrimp Industry and Resources
77.007
Regulation of Catching, Possession, Purchase, and Sale of Shrimp
77.011
License Requirement
77.014
Method of Taking Count
77.015
Gradation and Processing
77.020
Penalty
77.021
Separate Offense
77.022
Responsibility for Violation
77.024
Operation Without License
77.025
Period of Limitation
77.031
Commercial Bay Shrimp Boat License
77.033
Commercial Bait-shrimp Boat License
77.034
Commercial Gulf Shrimp Unloading License
77.035
Commercial Gulf Shrimp Boat License
77.036
Official Registration
77.037
Transfer of License
77.039
License Design
77.040
Other Licenses Required
77.043
Bait-shrimp Dealer License
77.044
Issuance of Bait-shrimp Dealer’s License
77.045
Rights and Duties of Bait-shrimp Dealer
77.046
Exemptions from Bait-shrimp Dealer’s License
77.048
Individual Bait-shrimp Trawl License
77.061
General Closed Season
77.062
Change in General Closed Season
77.063
General Limitation on Nets
77.071
Regulations in Contiguous Zone
77.072
Shrimp Size Exception
77.111
Shrimp License Management Program
77.112
Issuance and Renewal of Commercial Bay and Bait Shrimp Boat Licenses
77.113
License Transfer
77.114
Limit on Number of Licenses Held
77.115
Transfer Fee
77.116
Length and Engine Limits
77.117
License Suspension and Revocation
77.118
Shrimp License Management Review Board
77.119
License Buyback Program
77.121
Program Administration
77.122
Report to Legislature
77.123
Prevailing Authority
77.151
Gulf Shrimp License Moratorium Program
77.152
Issuance and Renewal of Commercial Gulf Shrimp Boat Licenses
77.153
Gulf Shrimp License Moratorium Review Board
77.154
Program Administration
77.0191
Retention of Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout, and Lightning Whelks
77.0351
Commercial Shrimp Boat Captain’s License
77.0352
Sale of Catch
77.0361
License Expirations and Transfers

Accessed:
Mar. 23, 2024

§ 77.040’s source at texas​.gov