| (II) from which red drum, sharks or spotted seatrout
caught on the trotline are retained or possessed;
(III) placed closer than 50 feet from any other trotline,
or set within 200 feet of the edge of the Intracoastal Waterway or
its tributary channels. No trotline may be fished with the main fishing
line and attached hooks and stagings above the water's surface;
(IV) baited with other than natural bait, except sail
lines;
(V) with hooks other than circle-type hook with point
curved in and having a gap (distance from point to shank) of no more
than one-half inch, and with the diameter of the circle not less than
five-eighths inch. Sail lines are excluded from the restrictions imposed
by this clause; or
(VI) in Aransas County in Little Bay and the water
area of Aransas Bay within one-half mile of a line from Hail Point
on the Lamar Peninsula, then direct to the eastern end of Goose Island,
then along the southern shore of Goose Island, then along the causeway
between Lamar Peninsula and Live Oak Peninsula, then along the eastern
shoreline of the Live Oak Peninsula past the town of Fulton, past
Nine-Mile Point, past the town of Rockport to a point at the east
end of Talley Island, including that part of Copano Bay within 1,000
feet of the causeway between Lamar Peninsula and Live Oak Peninsula.
(ii) No trotline or trotline components, including
lines and hooks, but excluding poles, may be left in or on coastal
waters between the hours of 1:00 p.m. on Friday through 1:00 p.m.
on Sunday of each week, except that attended sail lines are excluded
from the restrictions imposed by this clause. Under the authority
of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Code, §66.206(b), in the event
small craft advisories or higher marine weather advisories issued
by the National Weather Service are in place at 8:00 a.m. on Friday,
trotlines may remain in the water until 6:00 p.m. on Friday. If small
craft advisories are in place at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, trotlines may
remain in the water until Saturday. When small craft advisories are
lifted by 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, trotlines must be removed by 1:00
p.m. on Saturday. When small craft advisories are lifted by 1:00 p.m.
on Saturday, trotlines must be removed by 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. When
small craft advisories or higher marine weather advisories are still
in place at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, trotlines may remain in the water
through 1:00 p.m. on Sunday. It is a violation to tend, bait, or harvest
fish or any other aquatic life from trotlines during the period that
trotline removal requirements are suspended under this provision for
adverse weather conditions. For purposes of enforcement, the geographic
area customarily covered by marine weather advisories will be delineated
by department policy.
(iii) It is unlawful to fish for commercial purposes
with:
(I) more than 20 trotlines at one time;
(II) any trotline that is not marked with yellow flagging
attached to stakes or with a floating yellow buoy not less than six
inches in height, six inches in length, and six inches in width attached
to end fixtures;
(III) any trotline that is not marked with yellow flagging
attached to stakes or with a yellow buoy bearing the commercial finfish
fisherman's license plate number in letters of a contrasting color
at least two inches high attached to end fixtures;
(IV) any trotline that is marked with yellow flagging
or with a buoy bearing a commercial finfish fisherman's license plate
number other than the commercial finfish fisherman's license plate
number displayed on the finfish fishing boat.
(iv) It is unlawful to fish for non-commercial purposes
with:
(I) more than 1 trotline at any time; or
(II) any trotline that is not marked with a floating
yellow buoy not less than six inches in height, six inches in length,
and six inches in width, bearing a two-inch wide stripe of contrasting
color, attached to end fixtures.
(23) Umbrella net.
(A) Only non-game fish may be taken with an umbrella
net.
(B) It is unlawful to use an umbrella net with the
area within the frame exceeding 16 square feet.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §57.973 adopted to be effective June 27, 2010, 35 TexReg 5564; amended to be effective August 29, 2011, 36 TexReg 5363; amended to be effective September 1, 2012, 37 TexReg 3597; amended to be effective September 1, 2013, 38 TexReg 3790; amended to be effective September 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 6495; amended to be effective September 1, 2016, 41 TexReg 6048; amended to be effective September 1, 2017, 42 TexReg 3389; amended to be effective February 1, 2020, 45 TexReg 580; amended to be effective September 1, 2020, 45 TexReg 5641; amended to be effective September 1,2021,46 TexReg 5048; amended to be effective September 1, 2022, 47 TexReg 3973 |
