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Mussels and Clams: Includes all freshwater
and marine bivalve mollusks except oysters.
• Freshwater mussels – bivalve mollusks of
the family Unionidae.
Natural Bait: A whole or cut-up portion of a
fish or shellfish or a whole or cut-up portion
of plant material in its natural state, provided
that none of these may be altered beyond
cutting into portions.
Nongame Fish: All species not listed as
game fish except endangered or threatened
fish which are defined and regulated under
separate rules.
Non-resident: A person who does not meet
the resident requirements.
Offshore Aquaculture Facility: All enclosures
and associated infrastructure used to produce,
hold, propagate, transport or sell stock under
authority of an offshore aquaculture permit.
Paddle Craft: Any non-motorized vessel.
Paddle-craft Fishing Guide: A person who,
for compensation, accompanies, assists, or
transports a person or persons by means of
a non-motorized vessel engaged in fishing in
the coastal waters of this state.
Permanent Structure: A building designed,
planned and constructed so as to remain at
one location.
Place of Business: means a permanent structure on land or a motor vehicle where aquatic
products or orders for aquatic products are
received or where aquatic products are sold or
purchased, but does not include a boat or any
type of floating device, a public cold-storage
vault, the portion of a structure that is used as
a residence, or a vehicle from which no orders
are taken or no shipments or deliveries are
made other than to the place of business of a
licensee in this state.
Pole and Line (which includes rod and
reel): A line with hook, attached to a pole.
Possession Limit: The maximum number of
a species of game, fish or other animals that
may be possessed at one time.
Purse Seine: A net with flotation on the
corkline adequate to support the net in open
water without touching bottom with a rope
or wire cable strung through rings attached
along the bottom edge to close the bottom
of the net.
Residence: A permanent structure where a
person regularly sleeps and keeps personal
belongings such as furniture and clothes,
but does not include a temporary abode or
dwelling such as a hunting or fishing club, or
any club house, cabin, tent, or trailer house
or mobile home used as a hunting or fishing
camp, or any hotel, motel or rooming house
used on a temporary basis.
Resident: A person who has lived in Texas
continuously for more than 6 months immediately before applying for a license. (This
includes residents and their spouses or
unmarried children living at home who enter
the United States Armed Forces and continue to list Texas as their state of residency
with the armed forces.)
Sack of Oysters: A volume of oysters equivalent to a box (see definition of Barrel of
Oysters) that weighs no more than 110 pounds
of oysters including dead shell and the weight
of the sack.
Seine (includes a push net): A section of
non-metallic mesh webbing, with the top
edge buoyed upwards by a floatline and the
bottom edge weighted.
Shark Fin: The fresh and uncooked, or
cooked, frozen, dried, or otherwise processed, detached fin or tail of a shark.
Spear: Any shaft with single or multiple
points, barbed or barbless, which may be
propelled by any means, but does not include
arrows.
Spear Gun: Any hand operated device
designed and used for propelling a spear,
but does not include the crossbow.
Stock: Native species of fish, shellfish, or
aquatic plants intended for use in, being
transported to, or contained within an offshore aquaculture facility under the terms of
an offshore aquaculture permit.
Throwline: For use in FRESH WATER only. A
fishing line with five or less hooks and with
one end attached to a permanent fixture.
Components of a throwline may also include
swivels, snaps, rubber, and rigid support
structures.
Trap: A rigid device of various designs and
dimensions used to entrap aquatic organisms.
Trawl: A beam trawl or otter trawl with a bagshaped net which is used to catch shrimp.
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Mussels and Clams: Includes all freshwater
and marine bivalve mollusks except oysters.
• Freshwater mussels – bivalve mollusks of
the family Unionidae.
Natural Bait: A whole or cut-up portion of a
fish or shellfish or a whole or cut-up portion
of plant material in its natural state, provided
that none of these may be altered beyond
cutting into portions.
Nongame Fish: All species not listed as
game fish except endangered or threatened
fish which are defined and regulated under
separate rules.
Non-resident: A person who does not meet
the resident requirements.
Offshore Aquaculture Facility: All enclosures
and associated infrastructure used to produce,
hold, propagate, transport or sell stock under
authority of an offshore aquaculture permit.
Paddle Craft: Any non-motorized vessel.
Paddle-craft Fishing Guide: A person who,
for compensation, accompanies, assists, or
transports a person or persons by means of
a non-motorized vessel engaged in fishing in
the coastal waters of this state.
Permanent Structure: A building designed,
planned and constructed so as to remain at
one location.
Place of Business: means a permanent structure on land or a motor vehicle where aquatic
products or orders for aquatic products are
received or where aquatic products are sold or
purchased, but does not include a boat or any
type of floating device, a public cold-storage
vault, the portion of a structure that is used as
a residence, or a vehicle from which no orders
are taken or no shipments or deliveries are
made other than to the place of business of a
licensee in this state.
Pole and Line (which includes rod and
reel): A line with hook, attached to a pole.
Possession Limit: The maximum number of
a species of game, fish or other animals that
may be possessed at one time.
Purse Seine: A net with flotation on the
corkline adequate to support the net in open
water without touching bottom with a rope
or wire cable strung through rings attached
along the bottom edge to close the bottom
of the net.
Residence: A permanent structure where a
person regularly sleeps and keeps personal
belongings such as furniture and clothes,
but does not include a temporary abode or
dwelling such as a hunting or fishing club, or
any club house, cabin, tent, or trailer house
or mobile home used as a hunting or fishing
camp, or any hotel, motel or rooming house
used on a temporary basis.
Resident: A person who has lived in Texas
continuously for more than 6 months immediately before applying for a license. (This
includes residents and their spouses or
unmarried children living at home who enter
the United States Armed Forces and continue to list Texas as their state of residency
with the armed forces.)
Sack of Oysters: A volume of oysters equivalent to a box (see definition of Barrel of
Oysters) that weighs no more than 110 pounds
of oysters including dead shell and the weight
of the sack.
Seine (includes a push net): A section of
non-metallic mesh webbing, with the top
edge buoyed upwards by a floatline and the
bottom edge weighted.
Shark Fin: The fresh and uncooked, or
cooked, frozen, dried, or otherwise processed, detached fin or tail of a shark.
Spear: Any shaft with single or multiple
points, barbed or barbless, which may be
propelled by any means, but does not include
arrows.
Spear Gun: Any hand operated device
designed and used for propelling a spear,
but does not include the crossbow.
Stock: Native species of fish, shellfish, or
aquatic plants intended for use in, being
transported to, or contained within an offshore aquaculture facility under the terms of
an offshore aquaculture permit.
Throwline: For use in FRESH WATER only. A
fishing line with five or less hooks and with
one end attached to a permanent fixture.
Components of a throwline may also include
swivels, snaps, rubber, and rigid support
structures.
Trap: A rigid device of various designs and
dimensions used to entrap aquatic organisms.
Trawl: A beam trawl or otter trawl with a bagshaped net which is used to catch shrimp.
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