Commercial Fishing License
- Exam
- Not reported
- Education
- Not reported
- Experience
- Not reported
- Background check
- Not reported
Fees include a nonrefundable three percent (3%) application fee, not to exceed $7.50 per item. (California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 700.4). Items purchased from Online License Sales and Services and at license agents will include five percent (5%) nonrefundable license agent handling fee. Required for any resident 16 years of age or older who uses or operates or assists in using or operating any boat, aircraft, net, trap, line, or other appliance to take fish for commercial purposes, or who contributes materially to the activities on board a commercial fishing vessel. Fees: License: Resident Commercial Fishing License: $180.77, Nonresident Commercial Fishing License: $532.00; Application: none; Examination: none. Examination Frequency: N/A Exam Locations: N/A Experience Requirement: N/A Average Time to Process Application: 15 working days. Renewal Period: Annually, April 1 - March 31. Special License Requirements: N/A Comments: N/A Authority: Fish and Game Code, Sections 7850 - 7852.
Requirements reported by the state
- Licence type
- Registry
Issuing body
- Department
- Department of Fish and Wildlife
- Division
- License and Revenue Branch
- Address
- PO Box 944209 Sacramento, CA 94244
- Phone
- (916) 928-5805
- Agency website
- https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/
- Last updated
- May 22, 2024
Occupations (O*NET)
- Commercial Fisherman 45-3031.00
Source and verification
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