Trip Tickets

Requirements and Instructions

When a licensed commercial fisherman or reptile and amphibian collector sells or transfers his catch to a wholesale/retail dealer, he must present his license for license verification and provide the dealer with information necessary to complete a commercial trip ticket.

The dealer must record the sale or transfer on a three-part LDWF-issued trip ticket form and include the following information:

• The fisherman’s or collector’s name and license number
• The dealer’s name and license number
• Transaction date
• Gear and vessel used
• Primary location of where the fish/reptiles/amphibians were caught (according to LDWF-issued trip ticket maps)
• Duration of the fishing trip
• Species identification
• Quantity and units of each species
• Size and condition of each species
• Unit price of each species.

The fisherman/collector and dealer must both sign each trip ticket attesting that the information is correct. The dealer retains one part of the trip ticket, provides the fisherman/collector with one part, and submits one part to LDWF.

When a commercial fisherman sells his catch under a Fresh Products License, he must record all information required on the commercial trip ticket, using his Fresh Products License number in place of the dealer license number. The commercial fisherman must sign each trip ticket, as both the dealer and commercial fisherman, attesting that the information provided is correct.

On or before the 10th of each month, dealers and fresh products license holders must submit all trip tickets to LDWF from the previous month. A monthly submission sheet must accompany these trip tickets, certifying that the submitted trip tickets represent all of the dealer’s transactions with commercial fishermen/reptile and amphibian collectors for that month. Dealers that shed crabs or operate a shedding facility must also complete a monthly crab shedder sheet.

All trip ticket forms and monthly submission sheets must be submitted in their original form, completed in blue or black ink. No copies are accepted. Submit forms to:

LDWF
Trip Ticket Program
PO Box 80337
Baton Rouge, LA 70898-0337

Data Request Instructions

1. Complete the above form
2. Take the correct form to a notary and have the form completed.
3. Send a copy of the completed form to LDWF via email to triptickets@wlf.la.gov, fax to 225.765.2624, or mail to: 
   LDWF
   Trip Ticket Project
   PO Box 80337
   Baton Rouge, LA 70898-0337
4. After we receive your request, we will process the information and contact you when your request is complete. All information is processed on a first come, first served basis.
5. You must pick up your data request in person at LDWF Headquarters at 2000 Quail Drive in Baton Rouge. You must present the original notarized form and either a state-issued driver’s license or state-issued identifcation card.