(a) No person may sell or barter, or offer to sell or barter, a cultivated oyster, except as authorized by this chapter.
(b) No person may place a cultivated oyster in a natural oyster bed or private oyster bed.

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Terms Used In Texas Parks and Wildlife Code 75.0106

  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Sell: means to transfer the ownership or the right of possession of an item to a person for consideration and includes a barter and an even exchange. See Texas Parks and Wildlife Code 1.101

(c) In this subsection, “coastal public land” has the meaning assigned by § 33.004, Natural Resources Code. Regardless of whether a person holds a permit under this chapter, no person may place a structure related to cultivated oyster mariculture on coastal public land unless the person first obtains a lease or easement under Chapter 33 or 51, Natural Resources Code.