commercial under 16?

[fish impaler]

reading the regs and emailing the dfg, it seems as if i do not need a commercial fishing liscense if i am under 16
anyone know about this?

[CaptainLeo]

What do you want a commercial license for?

[fishnstix]

that is correct. when i was under 16, i used to do some commercial rockfish aboard a family friend's boat. he had a license ..... i was told i didn't need one.

[Urchin_Diver]

you dont need it.

however, i dont think you can put landings in your name. Which i doubt you'll be doing anyways

[Icarus Pacific]

That and if you're not actually the seller.

[Kyle Parker]

nope you are not allowed to fish on a commercial fishing vessel if you dont have a
commercial license and if you are not 16 you cant get one therefor you cannot fish me and my friend spent 3 hours at dfg headquarters trying to get him a license but he was not 16. we called wardens and talked to a bunch of people in sacramento from dfg hq you cannot fish commercially if you are under 16 period.

[Urchin_Diver]

my little brother has tended on urchin boats since he was like 12
warden's up here know and its always been legit

i just means when you turn 16 you need to start purchasing one