Sec. 76.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:
(1)  "Barrel of oysters" means three boxes of oysters in the shell or two gallons of shucked oysters without shells.  The dimensions of a box are 10 inches by 20 inches by 13-1/2 inches.  In filling a box for measurement, the oysters may not be piled more than 2-1/2 inches above the height of the box at the center.
(2)  "Natural oyster bed" means an area with a substrate that is predominantly composed of oyster shell or live oysters.
(3)  "Open season" means a period during which it is lawful to take oysters.
Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.
Amended by: 
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 241 (S.B. 2379), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 250 (S.B. 1032), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.