Galveston Bay closed to oyster harvesting starting this weekend
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is closing a wide swath of Galveston Bay to oyster harvesting starting this weekend.
That s because recent samples indicate that most of these mollusks are too small to be caught legally, according to the department. Oysters under three inches cannot be legally captured.
Those waters have limited numbers of legally sized oysters, according to Christine Jensen, Galveston Bay Ecosystem team lead. This closure is designed to provide some protection to undersize oysters so they can reach legal size, Jensen said. These areas will continue to be monitored by TPWD and will reopen when criteria thresholds are met.
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