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Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 66.216: POSSESSION OF HEADED OR TAILED FISH.
Where this section sits in the code
- PARKS AND WILDLIFE CODE
- TITLE 5. WILDLIFE AND PLANT CONSERVATION
- SUBTITLE B. HUNTING AND FISHING
- CHAPTER 66. FISH AND AQUATIC PLANTS
- SUBCHAPTER C. SALTWATER FISHING
(a) No person may possess a finfish of any species taken from coastal water, except broadbill swordfish, shark, or king mackerel, that has the head removed unless the fish has been finally processed and delivered to the final destination or to a certified wholesale or retail dealer.
(b) No person may possess a finfish of any species taken from coastal water, except broadbill swordfish or king mackerel, that has the tail removed unless the fish has been finally processed and delivered to the final destination or to a certified wholesale or retail dealer.
Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 376, ch. 153, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 267, art. 3, Sec. 73, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1254 (H.B. 1579), Sec. 1, eff. July 1, 2016.
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