The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) will open TX-29 and TX-30 in Aransas Bay to commercial and recreational oyster harvest beginning 12:01 a.m. Monday, Feb. 12.
Based on samples recently collected by TPWD, TX-29 and TX-30 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).
Aransas Bay:
TX-29
TX-30
Matagorda Bay:
TX-11
TX-18
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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