Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 68.001
This is the official text of Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 68.001, part of Texas’s Parks and Wildlife Code — governs state parks, hunting, and fishing.
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§ 68.001. DEFINITIONS.
Official statutory text
In this chapter:
(1) "Fish or wildlife" means any wild mammal, aquatic animal, wild bird, amphibian, reptile, mollusk, or crustacean, or any part, product, egg, or offspring, of any of these, dead or alive.
(2) "Management" means:
(A) the collection and application of biological information for the purpose of increasing the number of individuals within species or populations of fish or wildlife up to the optimum carrying capacity of their habitat and maintaining these numbers;
(B) the entire range of activities constituting a full scientific research program, including census studies, law enforcement, habitat acquisition and improvement, and education; and
(C) when and where appropriate, the protection of and regulation of the taking of fish and wildlife species and populations.
(1) "Fish or wildlife" means any wild mammal, aquatic animal, wild bird, amphibian, reptile, mollusk, or crustacean, or any part, product, egg, or offspring, of any of these, dead or alive.
(2) "Management" means:
(A) the collection and application of biological information for the purpose of increasing the number of individuals within species or populations of fish or wildlife up to the optimum carrying capacity of their habitat and maintaining these numbers;
(B) the entire range of activities constituting a full scientific research program, including census studies, law enforcement, habitat acquisition and improvement, and education; and
(C) when and where appropriate, the protection of and regulation of the taking of fish and wildlife species and populations.
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