31 Tex. Admin. Code § 57.377 - Definitions

The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

(1) Affected species--For purposes of this subchapter, all nongame fish and exotic fish listed in § 57.378 of this title (relating to Applicability; Affected Species).

(2) Department--The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department or any authorized employee thereof.

(3) Exotic fish--As defined in Parks and Wildlife Code § 66.007.

(4) Game fish--As defined in § 57.971(15)(A) of this title (relating to Definitions).

(5) Nongame fish--For the purposes of this subchapter, all indigenous or native species not defined as game fish, except endangered and threatened fish, which are defined and regulated under Chapter 65, Subchapter G of this title (relating to Threatened and Endangered Nongame Species).

(6) Public freshwater--All of the state rivers, streams, creeks, bayous, reservoirs, lakes, and portions of those freshwaters not defined as coastal waters in § 57.971 of this title (relating to Definitions), where public access is available without discrimination.

(7) Shad--Gizzard and threadfin shad (Dorosoma spp.).

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31 Tex. Admin. Code § 57.377

The provisions of this §57.377 adopted to be effective January 2, 1997, 21 TexReg 12417; amended to be effective August 23, 2009, 34 TexReg 5697; amended to be effective June 12, 2013, 38 TexReg 3644; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 42, Number 14, April 7, 2017, TexReg 1904, eff. 4/13/2017; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 50, Number 12, March 21, 2025, TexReg 2077, eff. 3/24/2025