1. (a) All stockings shall be for either investigation, propagation, distribution, scientific, educational or other valid management purposes.
2. (b) Departmental stocking of fish and wildlife on public lands and in public waters shall be consistent with the annual operational plan.
3. (c) The department may take fish and wildlife or authorize the taking of wildlife by individuals from private and public lands only with landowner consent.
4. (d) The department shall consider the impacts of any taking or stocking of the species on the existing biological ecosystem.
5. (e) The department may enter into written agreements with states, countries, or other entities to take, transport, or release fish and wildlife.

Source Note:The provisions of this §52.104 adopted to be effective March 20, 1990, 15 TexReg 1238; amended to be effective December 1, 1995, 20 TexReg 9568; amended to be effective February 16, 2017, 42 TexReg 567.