Texas Parks and Wildlife Code

§ 77.072 — SHRIMP SIZE EXCEPTION

PW § 77.072Title 5. WILDLIFE AND PLANT CONSERVATION · Part D. CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSKS · Ch. 77. SHRIMP · Art. D. SHRIMPING IN OUTSIDE WATER

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Minimum size restrictions as provided in Chapter 77, Parks and Wildlife Code, as amended, do not apply to shrimp taken from outside waters when:

(1)the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council's Fishery Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico is in effect; and

(2)such plan as described in Subsection (a) of this section restricts the taking of shrimp in the Fishery Conservation Zone contiguous to the outside waters of Texas, to conform with the Texas closed Gulf season as defined in Sections 77.061(1) and 77.062 of this code.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 452, ch. 187, Sec. 1, eff. May 25, 1981.