Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 47.082
This is the official text of Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 47.082, part of Texas’s Parks and Wildlife Code — governs state parks, hunting, and fishing.
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§ 47.082. LINE LIMITS.
Official statutory text
(a) Not later than September 1, 2000, the commission by proclamation issued under this code shall authorize the holder of a commercial finfish fisherman's license to use up to 20 trotlines not more than 600 feet long, or another number and length of line authorized by commission proclamation, to take or attempt to take finfish.
(b) No holder of a commercial finfish fisherman's license may possess on board more than the number of lines prescribed by this code or by commission proclamation issued under this code.
(b) No holder of a commercial finfish fisherman's license may possess on board more than the number of lines prescribed by this code or by commission proclamation issued under this code.
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