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Commission reduces mariculture fees, loosens triploid parentage rule to expand oyster aquaculture
Summary
The commission adopted rule changes reducing annual cultivated oyster mariculture fees and allowing Atlantic/Gulf Northern broodstock to be used for triploid seed, moves intended to lower barriers for small growers and improve seed availability.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission on May 22 adopted rule changes that lower annual fees for cultivated oyster mariculture permits and expand allowable broodstock origins for triploid oysters to include Northern Gulf states (Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama).
Dr. Lindsey Glass Campbell of the Coastal Fisheries Division presented the two items. Staff proposed lowering annual fees for grow‑out and nursery hatchery sites to $150 per acre per year for public water and $57 per acre…
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