Texas Parks and Wildlife Code

§ 76.302 — RESEARCH PROGRAM

PW § 76.302Title 5. WILDLIFE AND PLANT CONSERVATION · Part D. CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSKS · Ch. 76. OYSTERS · Art. E. OYSTER REGULATIONS

(a)The department shall conduct continuous research and study of:

(1)the supply, economic value, environment, and reproductive characteristics of the various economically important species of oysters;

(2)factors affecting the increase or decrease in oyster stocks in both an annual and long-term cycle;

(3)the use and effectiveness of dredges and other devices for the taking of oysters;

(4)industrial and other pollution of the water naturally frequented by oysters;

(5)statistical information gathered by the department on the marketing, harvesting, processing, and taking of oysters;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 633, Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 1985.