The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) will open TX-19 and TX-20 in Matagorda Bay to commercial and recreational oyster harvest beginning at 12:01 a.m. Dec. 13. At the same time, the department will close TX-13 in Matagorda Bay.
Based on samples recently collected by TPWD, TX-19 and TX-20 meet criteria for reopening. These criteria include parameters for oysters reaching certain thresholds based on the abundance of legal-sized oysters (3-inches or greater) and the percentage of small oysters (2-2.9-inches). TPWD samples showed low abundance of legal-sized oysters in TX-13 and will close it according to criteria.
Galveston Bay
TX- 2
TX- 8
Matagorda Bay
TX- 11
TX- 19
TX- 20
Corpus Christi Bay
TX- 33
Lower Laguna Madre
TX- 34
A map showing oyster harvesting areas as well as the most up-to-date status information on each TX area can be found on the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) website.
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