Sec. 77.071. REGULATIONS IN CONTIGUOUS ZONE. (a) Repealed by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 217, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
(b) The department may negotiate reciprocal agreements with another state with respect to the application of one state's shrimping regulations in its contiguous zone to citizens of the other state.
Added by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1221, ch. 456, Sec. 20(f), eff. Sept. 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 217, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Sec. 77.072. SHRIMP SIZE EXCEPTION. Minimum size restrictions as provided in Chapter 77, Parks and Wildlife Code, as amended, do not apply to shrimp taken from outside waters when:
(1) the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council's Fishery Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico is in effect; and
(2) such plan as described in Subsection (a) of this section restricts the taking of shrimp in the Fishery Conservation Zone contiguous to the outside waters of Texas, to conform with the Texas closed Gulf season as defined in Sections 77.061(1) and 77.062 of this code.
Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 452, ch. 187, Sec. 1, eff. May 25, 1981.
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