- (a) Recovery of value for commercial species is based on ex-vessel or dockside price (by weight or individual as normally determined), or for alligators, current per-foot market value.
(b) Ex-vessel or dockside price is determined by:
- (1) the most recent department data on commercial harvest data; or
- (2) average annual ex-vessel price for fish landed in the Gulf of Mexico as obtained from the National Marine Fisheries Service for the most recent calendar year.
- (c) When commercial species cannot be processed according to the provisions of Parks and Wildlife Code, §12.109, ex-vessel or dockside price of a commercial species is multiplied by three to derive the recovery value of a species. The economic multiplier used is based on data from the latest revision of "Structure of the Texas Economy" developed by H.W. Grubb.
- (d) Full recovery value will be applied to all fish and shellfish taken by illegal means, methods or manners and from closed areas, during closed seasons or prohibited periods.
Source Note:The provisions of this §69.26 adopted to be effective October 7, 1996, 21 TexReg 9240; amended to be effective April 4, 2005, 30 TexReg 1953.