{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-77.072","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 77.072","heading":"SHRIMP SIZE EXCEPTION.","body":"Minimum size restrictions as provided in Chapter 77, Parks and Wildlife Code, as amended, do not apply to shrimp taken from outside waters when:\n(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\n(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.\nAdded by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 452, ch. 187, Sec. 1, eff. May 25, 1981.","path":["PARKS AND WILDLIFE CODE","TITLE 5. WILDLIFE AND PLANT CONSERVATION","SUBTITLE D. CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSKS","CHAPTER 77. SHRIMP","SUBCHAPTER D. SHRIMPING IN OUTSIDE WATER"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.77.htm#77.072","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:32Z","sha256":"9d52de53909ddb27afb43dc2e6bc5a454a7e5ce01afe0ecc4c04e5d8bf5bae60","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-77.071","next":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-77.111"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}