Texas Closing Oyster Harvest in an Additional Area of Matagorda Bay
by TBC Press on 03/24/17The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is closing TX-16 in Matagorda Bay to commercial and recreational oyster harvest beginning Saturday, March 25, 2017. This closing is based on samples recently collected by TPWD in response to concerns expressed by the oyster industry to this area being overworked or damaged. Chapter 76, Parks and Wildlife Code, and the Oyster Management Proclamation, Section 58.21(c)(1), allows for ... READ MORE
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