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title: O.C.G.A. § 27-4-205. Commercial shrimping license required.
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# O.C.G.A. § 27-4-205. Commercial shrimping license required.

It shall be unlawful for any person to fish for shrimp with a cast net from the waters of the state for commercial sale for food purposes or to sell for food purposes any shrimp he or she has taken with a cast net from the waters of the state unless he or she is in possession of a commercial food shrimp cast netting license as provided in this part. Such license shall be required in addition to a commercial fishing boat license issued pursuant to Code Section 27-2-8.

## History

Code 1981, § 27-4-205, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 1133, § 16; Ga. L. 2007, p. 93, § 17/HB 100.