Commercial fishing licenses now on LA Wallet app, Louisiana wildlife agency says

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said commercial fishing licenses can be added to the Louisiana Wallet app starting Tuesday.

These commercial licenses can be on digital license app LA Wallet:

• Commercial fisherman

• Charter

• Vessel license

• Oyster seed ground vessel permit

• Fresh products

• Wholesale/retail

• Seafood retail

• Special bait permit

The agency noted that only non-transferable commercial licenses not registered to a business will appear in LA Wallet. Anyone who does not have a recreational license will need to create a Louisiana Outdoors account to link to the app.

Louisiana residents can now use LA Wallet nationwide at airports, federal buildings

More licenses, documents that can be displayed in LA Wallet:

• Concealed handgun permit

• Fishing licenses

• Hunting licenses

• Louisiana Medicaid health plan cards

• Vaccine records

• Vehicle registration

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