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TITLE 31NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
PART 2TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER 57FISHERIES
SUBCHAPTER NSTATEWIDE RECREATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL FISHING PROCLAMATION
DIVISION 2STATEWIDE RECREATIONAL FISHING PROCLAMATION
RULE §57.981Bag, Possession, and Length Limits

(a) The possession limit does not apply to fish in the possession of or stored by a person who has an invoice or sales ticket showing the name and address of the seller, number of fish by species, date of the sale, and other information required on a sales ticket or invoice.

(b) There are no bag, possession, or length limits on game or non-game fish, except as provided in this subchapter.

  (1) Possession limits are twice the daily bag limit on game and non-game fish except as otherwise provided in this subchapter.

  (2) For flounder, the possession limit is the daily bag limit.

  (3) The bag limit for a guided fishing party is equal to the total number of persons in the boat licensed to fish or otherwise exempt from holding a license minus each fishing guide and fishing guide deckhand multiplied by the bag limit for each species harvested.

  (4) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the statewide daily bag and length limits shall be as follows.

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(c) Exceptions to statewide daily bag, possession, and length limits shall be as follows:

  (1) Freshwater species.

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  (2) Saltwater species.

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Source Note: The provisions of this §57.981 adopted to be effective June 27, 2010, 35 TexReg 5564; amended to be effective August 29, 2011, 36 TexReg 5363; amended to be effective September 1, 2012, 37 TexReg 6597

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