(a) The department shall require the permittee to take only the oysters authorized in the permit from beds or reefs designated in the permit.
(b) The department shall:
(1) mark off the exact area of beds or reefs from which oysters may be taken;
(2) designate the bottoms on which oysters may be deposited if they are taken to be prepared for market;
(3) require the permittee to cull the oysters on the grounds where they are to be located; and
(4) specify what implements may be used in taking oysters.

Terms Used In Texas Parks and Wildlife Code 76.033

  • Take: except as otherwise provided by this code, means collect, hook, hunt, net, shoot, or snare, by any means or device, and includes an attempt to take or to pursue in order to take. See Texas Parks and Wildlife Code 1.101

(c) The department may make other conditions or regulations to protect and conserve oysters on public reefs and beds.