31 Tex. Admin. Code § 57.251 - Definitions
The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1)
Aquaculture--The business of producing and selling cultured species raised in
private facilities.
(2) Aquatic
plant--All plants whose seeds germinate in either the water phase or the
substrate of a body of water and which must spend part of the life cycle in
water (Reid, G.K., and R.O. Wood 1976, Ecology of Inland Waters and
Estuaries).
(3) Disease
condition--The presence of contagious pathogens or injurious parasites known or
clinically suspected of constituting a threat to the health of native species
of aquatic organisms.
(4)
Enclosure--A structure in public water that is capable of preventing the escape
of the stock confined within it and the entry of aquatic animal life from
surrounding waters.
(5)
Fishing--Taking or attempting to take aquatic animal life by any
means.
(6) Native species--All
fish, shellfish, or aquatic plants documented by the department to live, spawn,
or reproduce in Texas and whose first documented occurrence in Texas waters was
not the result of intentional or unintentional importation by man. This
includes those native species from Texas offshore waters encompassing the Texas
Territorial Sea and federal waters of the Exclusive Economic Zone.
(7) Offshore aquaculture facility--All
enclosures and associated infrastructure used to produce, hold, propagate,
transport, or sell stock under authority of an offshore aquaculture
permit.
(8) Offshore aquaculture
zone--All waters of the Gulf of Mexico seaward from the shoreline for a
distance of three marine leagues, but does not include bays, passes, rivers or
other bodies of water.
(9)
Shellfish--Aquatic species of crustaceans and mollusks, including oysters,
clams, shrimp, prawns, and crabs of all varieties.
(10) 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.
(11)
Waste--As defined in Water Code, §
26.001.
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