Tilapia now legal in Texas?

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This is after todays update on the texas gov site:


Texas Administrative Code

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[TH]TITLE 31
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[TD]NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
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[TH]PART 2
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[TD]TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT
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[TH]CHAPTER 57
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[TD]FISHERIES
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[TH]SUBCHAPTER A
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[TD]HARMFUL OR POTENTIALLY HARMFUL FISH, SHELLFISH, AND AQUATIC PLANTS
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[TH]RULE §57.111
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[TD]Definitions
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(A) Lampreys Family: Petromyzontidae--all species except Ichthyomyzon castaneus and I. gagei;
(B) Freshwater Stingrays Family: Potamotrygonidae--all species;
(C) Arapaima Family: Arapaimidae--Arapaima gigas;
(D) South American Pike Characoids Family: Acestrorhynchidae--all species of genus Acestrorhynchus;
(E) African Tiger Fishes Family, Family Alestidae--all species of genus Hydrocynus;
(F) Piranhas and Pirambebas: Family Characidae--all species of the genus Piaractus;
(G) Payara and other wolf or vampire tetras: Dogtooth characins, Family Cynodontidae--all species of genera Hydrolycus, Rhaphiodon, and Cynodon;
(H) Dourados: Family Characidae, Subfamily: Incertae sedis--all species of genus Salminus;
(I) South American Tiger Fishes Family: Erythrinidae--all species;
(J) South American Pike Characoids Family: Ctenoluciidae--all species of genera Ctenolucius and Boulengerella;
(K) African Pike Characoids Families: Hepsetidae, and Citharinidae--all species;
(L) Electric Eels Family: Gymnotidae--Electrophorus electricus;
(M) Carps and Minnows Family: Cyprinidae--all species and hybrids of species of genera: Aspius, Pseudaspius, Aspiolucius (Asps); Abramis, Blicca, Megalobrama, Parabramis (Old World Breams); Hypophthalmichthys or Aristichthys (Bighead and Silver Carp); Mylopharyngodon (Black Carp); Ctenopharyngodon (Grass Carp); Cirrhinus (Mud Carp); Thynnichthys (Sandkhol Carp); Gibelion (Catla); Leuciscus (Old World Chubs, Ide, Orfe, Daces); Tor, and Neolissochilus hexagonolepsis (and Mahseers); Rutilus (Roaches); Scardinius (Rudds); Elopichthys (Yellowcheek); Catlocarpio (Giant Siamese Carp); all species of the genus Labeo (Labeos) except Labeo chrysophekadion (Black SharkMinnow);
(N) Walking Catfishes Family: Clariidae--all species;
(O) Electric Catfishes Family: Malapteruridae--all species;
(P) South American Parasitic Candiru Catfishes Family: Trichomycteridae;
(Q) Pike Killifish Family: Poeciliidae--Belonesox belizanus;
(R) Marine Stonefishes Family: Synanceiidae--all species;
(S) Tilapia Family: Cichlidae--all species of genera Tilapia, Oreochromis and Sarotherodon;
(T) Asian Pikeheads Family: Osphronemidae--Luciocephalus;
(U) Snakeheads Family: Channidae--all species;
(V) Old World Pike-Perches Family: Percidae--all species of the genus Sander except Sander vitreus;
(W) Nile Perch Family: Family Latidae--all species of genus Lates;
(X) Seatrouts and Corvinas Family: Sciaenidae--all species of genus Cynoscion except Cynoscion nebulosus, C. nothus, and C. arenarius;
(Y) Whale Catfishes Family: Cetopsidae--all species;
(Z) Ruffe Family: Percidae--all species of genus Gymnocephalus;
(AA) Air sac Catfishes Family: Heteropneustidae--all species;
(BB) Swamp Eels, Rice Eels or One-Gilled Eel Family: Synbranchidae--all species;
(CC) Freshwater Eels Family Anguillidae--all species except Anguilla rostrata;
(DD) Round Gobies Family: Gobiidae--all species of genus Neogobius;
(EE) Temperate Basses Family: Moronidae--all species except for Morone saxatilis, M. chrysops and M. mississippiensis and hybrids between these three species;
(FF) Temperate Perches Family: Percichthyidae--all species.


Keep in mind that wikipedia can be updated by anyone that signs up on the site. It's a good place to start some research but, don't take anything there as gospel without further research.
 
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