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

1. (1) Aquaculture or fish farming--The business of producing and selling cultured species raised in private facilities.
2. (2) Certified Inspector--An employee of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department or the Texas A&M Sea Grant College Program who has satisfactorily completed a department approved course in clinical analysis of shellfish.
3. (3) Cultured species--Aquatic plants or wildlife resources raised under conditions where at least a portion of their life cycle is controlled by an aquaculturist.
4. (4) Clinical Analysis Checklist--An inspection form provided by the department specifying sampling protocols and listing certain characteristics which may constitute manifestations of disease.
5. (5) Department--The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department or a designated employee of the department.
6. (6) Director--The executive director of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
7. (7) Disease--Contagious pathogens or injurious parasites which may be a threat to the health of natural populations of aquatic organisms.
8. (8) Disease-Free--A status, based on the results of an examination conducted by a department approved shellfish disease specialist that certifies a group of aquatic organisms as being free of disease.
9. (9) Exotic species--A nonindigenous plant or wildlife resource not normally found in public water of this state.
10. (10) Fish farm--The property including all drainage ditches and private facilities from which cultured species are produced, held, propagated, transported, or sold.
11. (11) Fish farm complex--A group of two or more separately owned fish farms located at a common site and sharing privately owned water diversion or drainage structures.
12. (12) Fish farmer--Any person engaged in aquaculture or fish farming.
13. (13) Grass carp--The species Ctenopharyngodon idella.

14. (14) Harmful or potentially harmful exotic fish--

    1. (A) Lampreys Family: Petromyzontidae--all species except Ichthyomyzon castaneus and I. gagei;
    2. (B) Freshwater Stingrays Family: Potamotrygonidae--all species;
    3. (C) Arapaima Family: Osteoglossidae--Arapaima gigas;
    4. (D) South American Pike Characoids Family: Characidae--all species of genus Acestrorhyncus;
    5. (E) African Tiger Fishes Subfamily: Hydrocyninae--all species;
    6. (F) Piranhas and Priambebus Subfamily: Serrasalminae--all species;
    7. (G) Rhaphiodontid Characoids Subfamily: Rhaphiodontinae--all species of genera Hydrolycus and Rhaphiodon (synonymous with Cynodon);
    8. (H) Dourados Subfamily: Bryconinae--all species of genus Salminus;
    9. (I) South American Tiger Fishes Family: Erythrinidae--all species;
    10. (J) South American Pike Characoids Family: Ctenolucidae--all species of genera Ctenolucius and Luciocharax (synonymous with Boulengerella and Hydrocinus);
    11. (K) African Pike Characoids Families: Hepsetidae Ichthyboridae--all species;
    12. (L) Electric Eels Family: Electrophoridae--Electrophorus electricus;
    13. (M) Carps and Minnows Family: Cyprinidae--all species and hybrids of species of genera: Abramis, Aristichthys, Aspius, Aspiolucius, Blicca, Catla, Cirrhina, Ctenopharyngodon, Elopichthys, Hypophthalmichthys, Leuciscus, Megalobrama, Mylopharyngodon, Parabramis, Pseudaspius, Rutilus, Scardinius, Thynnichthys, Tor, and the species Barbus tor (synonymous with Barbus hexoagoniolepis);
    14. (N) Walking Catfishes Family: Clariidae--all species;
    15. (O) Electric Catfishes Family: Malapteruridae--all species;
    16. (P) South American Parasitic Candiru Catfishes Subfamilies: Stegophilinae Vandelliinae--all species;
    17. (Q) Pike Killifish Family: Poeciliidae--Belonesox belizanus;
    18. (R) Marine Stonefishes Family: Synanceiidae--all species;
    19. (S) Tilapia Family: Cichlidae--all species of genus Tilapia (including Sarotherodon and Oreochromis);
    20. (T) Asian Pikeheads Family: Luciocephalidae--all species;
    21. (U) Snakeheads Family: Channidae--all species;
    22. (V) Walleyes Family: Percidae--all species of the genus Stizostedion except Stizostedion vitreum and S. canadense;
    23. (W) Nile Perch Family: Centropomidae--all species of genera Lates and Luciolates;
    24. (X) Drums Family: Sciaenidae--all species of genus Cynoscion except Cynoscion nebulosus, C. nothus, and C. arenarius;
    25. (Y) Whale Catfishes Family: Cetopsidae--all species;
    26. (Z) Ruff Family: Percidae--all species of genus Gymnocephalus;
    27. (AA) Air sac Catfishes Family;
    28. (BB) Swamp Eels, Rice Eels or One-Gilled Eel Family: Synbranchidae--all species;
    29. (CC) Anguilliidae--all species except Anguilla rostrata;
    30. (DD) Heteropneustidae--All species of genus Heteropneustes.

15. (15) Harmful or potentially harmful exotic shellfish--

    1. (A) Crayfishes Family: Parastacidae--all species of the genus Astacopsis;
    2. (B) Mittencrabs Family: Grapsidae--all species of genus Eriocheir;
    3. (C) Giant Ram's-horn Snails Family: Piliidae (synonymous with Ampullariidae)--all species of genus Marisa;
    4. (D) Zebra Mussels Family: Dreissenidae--all species of genus Dreissena;
    5. (E) Penaeid Shrimp Family: Penaeidae--all species of genus Litopenaeus and Farfantepenaeus except L. setiferus, F. aztecus and F. duorarum.
    6. (F) Pacific Oyster Family: Ostreidae--Crassostrea gigas.

16. (16) Harmful or potentially harmful exotic plants--

    1. (A) Giant Duckweed Family: Lemnaceae--Spirodela oligorhiza;
    2. (B) Salvinia Family: Salviniaceae--all species of genus Salvinia;
    3. (C) Waterhyacinth Family: Pontederiaceae--Eichhornia crassipes;
    4. (D) Waterlettuce Family: Araceae--Pistia stratiotes;
    5. (E) Hydrilla Family: Hydrocharitaceae--Hydrilla verticillata;
    6. (F) Lagarosiphon Family: Hydrocharitaceae--Lagarosiphon major;
    7. (G) Eurasian Watermilfoil Family: Haloragaceae--Myriophyllum spicatum;
    8. (H) Alligatorweed Family: Amaranthaceae--Alternanthera philoxeroides;
    9. (I) Rooted Waterhyacinth Family: Pontederiaceae--Eichhornia azurea;
    10. (J) Paperbark Family: Myrtaceae--Melaleuca quinquenervia;
    11. (K) Torpedograss Family: Gramineae--Panicum repens;
    12. (L) Water spinach Family: Convolvulaceae--Ipomoea aquatic.
17. (17) Harmful or potentially harmful exotic species exclusion zone--That area south of SH 21, from its intersection with the Texas/Louisiana border, approximately five miles due east of Milam, Texas, not including that area of Brazos County south of SH 21, to San Marcos; thence south of IH 35 to Laredo.
18. (18) Immediately--Without delay; with no intervening span of time.
19. (19) Manifestations of disease--Manifestations of disease include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following: heavy or unusual predator activity, empty guts, emaciation, rostral deformity, digestive gland atrophy or necrosis, gross pathology of shell or underlying skin typical of viral infection, fragile or atypically soft shell, gill fouling, or gill discoloration.
20. (20) Nauplius or nauplii--A larval crustacean having no trunk segmentation and only three pairs of appendages.
21. (21) Operator--The person responsible for the overall operation of a wastewater treatment facility.
22. (22) Place of business--A permanent structure on land where aquatic products or orders for aquatic products are received or where aquatic products are sold or purchased.
23. (23) Postlarva--A juvenile crustacean having acquired a full complement of functional appendages.
24. (24) Private facility--A pond, tank, cage, or other structure capable of holding cultured species in confinement wholly within or on private land or water, or within or on permitted public land or water.
25. (25) Private facility effluent--Any and all water which has been used in aquaculture activities.
26. (26) Private pond--A pond, tank, lake, or other structure capable of holding cultured species in confinement wholly within or on private land.
27. (27) Public aquarium--An American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums accredited facility for the care and exhibition of aquatic plants and animals.
28. (28) Public waters--Bays, estuaries, and water of the Gulf of Mexico within the jurisdiction of the state, and the rivers, streams, creeks, bayous, reservoirs, lakes, and portions of those waters where public access is available without discrimination.
29. (29) Quarantine condition--Confinement of exotic shellfish such that neither the shellfish nor the water in which they are or were maintained comes into contact with other fish or shellfish.
30. (30) Triploid grass carp--A grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) which has been certified by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service as having 72 chromosomes and as being functionally sterile.
31. (31) Waste--Waste shall have the same meaning as in Chapter 26, §26.001(6) of the Texas Water Code.
32. (32) Water in the state--Water in the state shall have the same meaning as in Chapter 26, §26.001(5) of the Texas Water Code.
33. (33) Wastewater treatment facility--All contiguous land and fixtures, structures or appurtenances used for treating wastewater pursuant to a valid permit issued by the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission.

Source Note:The provisions of this §57.111 adopted to be effective January 2, 1997, 21 TexReg 12414; amended to be effective December 29, 1997, 22 TexReg 12535; amended to be effective June 21, 1998, 23 TexReg 6507; amended to be effective July 19, 2000, 25 TexReg 6772.