Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 77.0191 · Subchapter B. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO SHRIMPING
RETENTION OF REDFISH, SPECKLED SEA TROUT, AND LIGHTNING WHELKS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) No person who is using a trawl for the purpose of taking shrimp may retain a redfish, speckled sea trout, or lightning whelk, also known as Busycon perversum pulleyi, caught in the trawl.
(b) No person may retain a redfish, speckled sea trout, or lightning whelk if the person is on board a boat licensed under this chapter and if there is a shrimp trawl on board the boat.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3818, ch. 592, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1983. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 524, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.77.htm
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