Fishing Licenses

Paper Sporting Licenses and Tags: All fishing, hunting, and trapping licenses and carcass tags transitioned from being printed on special valeron stock to plain paper in August 2024. This change helps modernize the license purchasing process by allowing easier, quicker access to licenses and tags by printing at home.

For more details, view the DEC Sporting License Plain Paper Transition Information for Customers. https://dec.ny.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/sportinglicenseplainpaper.pdf