The following words or terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
- (1) Basic value--The cost required to grow a fish to a particular size.
- (2) Commercial species--These species of fish, shellfish, and wildlife normally taken for sale rather than for recreational purposes.
- (3) Department--The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
- (4) Endangered species--All species listed at §§65.181-65.184 of this title (relating to Endangered Species).
- (5) Forage species--Those species upon which other aquatic life or wildlife directly depend for food.
- (6) Minimum hookable total length--The minimum total length of a fish that is normally caught and released or caught and landed for recreation. The minimum hookable total length is six inches for all species except sunfish which shall have a minimum hookable total length of five inches.
- (7) Recovery value--The total value of an individual of a particular size and species. The recovery value is the value of a species at the time it was illegally killed, caught, taken, possessed, or injured.
- (8) Threatened species--All species listed at §§65.171-65.177 of this title (relating to Regulations for Taking, Possessing, and Transporting Protected Nongame Species).
Source Note:The provisions of this §69.21 adopted to be effective October 7, 1996, 21 TexReg 9240.