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TPWD says fixed‑rate oyster buyback removed 112 commercial licenses; program led by Parks & Wildlife Foundation
Summary
Robin Rikers, TPWD's director of coastal fisheries, told the commission that TPWD received 115 applications and completed 112 purchases in the ninth round of the commercial oyster license buyback, using a fixed‑rate $30,000 offer financed with philanthropic support.
Robin Rikers, TPWD's director of coastal fisheries, updated commissioners on the agency's commercial oyster license buyback program and the newly formed public‑private S. Reed Morien oyster buyback initiative.
Rikers said the ninth round used a fixed‑price offer of $30,000 per commercial license (rather than the reverse‑bid, Dutch‑auction method used earlier) and that TPWD received 115 applications and completed 112 purchases. Philanthropic funding —…
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