Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 66.111
This is the official text of Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 66.111, part of Texas’s Parks and Wildlife Code — governs state parks, hunting, and fishing.
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§ 66.111. SALE AND PURCHASE OF CERTAIN FISH.
Official statutory text
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), no person may buy or offer to buy, sell or offer to sell, possess for the purpose of sale, transport or ship for the purpose of sale, or barter or exchange any fish taken from the public fresh water of this state.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to:
(1) nongame fish regulated under Chapter 67; or
(2) channel catfish of more than 14 inches in length or blue catfish of more than 14 inches in length taken from the public fresh water of Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Chambers, Franklin, Freestone, Gregg, Hardin, Harris, Harrison, Jasper, Jefferson, Lamar, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Marion, Montgomery, Morris, Nacogdoches, Navarro, Newton, Orange, Panola, Polk, Red River, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Titus, Trinity, Tyler, Upshur, or Walker County, the public fresh water of the Neches or Trinity River in Houston County, the public fresh water of the Colorado River in Bastrop, Colorado, Fayette, Matagorda, or Wharton County, or the public fresh water of Falcon Lake in Starr or Zapata County.
(c) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 129 (H.B. 1333), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2023.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to:
(1) nongame fish regulated under Chapter 67; or
(2) channel catfish of more than 14 inches in length or blue catfish of more than 14 inches in length taken from the public fresh water of Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Chambers, Franklin, Freestone, Gregg, Hardin, Harris, Harrison, Jasper, Jefferson, Lamar, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Marion, Montgomery, Morris, Nacogdoches, Navarro, Newton, Orange, Panola, Polk, Red River, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Titus, Trinity, Tyler, Upshur, or Walker County, the public fresh water of the Neches or Trinity River in Houston County, the public fresh water of the Colorado River in Bastrop, Colorado, Fayette, Matagorda, or Wharton County, or the public fresh water of Falcon Lake in Starr or Zapata County.
(c) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 129 (H.B. 1333), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2023.
Status: repealed · Read it on the official government site
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