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12 Document(s) [ Subject: Fishing ]

• Committee:

  House Culture, Recreation, and Tourism, 87th R.S. (2021)

  Title:

  Interim Report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Battleship Texas | Commission on the Arts, Texas | Coronavirus | Fishing | Historical Commission, Texas | Hunting | Hunting licenses | Inflation | Parks and Wildlife, Texas Department of | State parks | Tourism | Veterans | Workforce |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.87 R245

  Description:

  [34 pages  File size: 1,697 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Monitor the agencies and programs under the Committee’s jurisdiction and oversee the implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 87th Legislature. Conduct active oversight of all associated rulemaking and other governmental actions taken to ensure the intended legislative outcome of all legislation, including the following:
     • HB 1728, 87th R.S., relating to partnerships between the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and nonprofit entities to promote hunting and fishing by certain veterans; and
     • HB 3081, 87th R.S., which relates to the issuance of digital tags for the taking of certain animals.
  2. Review the overall state of Texas' travel, tourism and hospitality industry. Make recommendations for statutory and regulatory changes to ensure industry resiliency and vitality. Consider the following:
     • Access to federal recovery programs and efforts that enable the draw-down of federal funding;
     • Improvement of workforce reliability; and
     • Use of the supplemental money appropriated to the Governor’s Office of Economic Development and Tourism through SB 8, 87th 3rd C.S.
  3. Review state efforts to preserve and develop Texas state parks and open spaces to ensure affordable public access to outdoor recreational and educational opportunities.

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• Committee:

  House State Recreational Resources, 77th R.S. (2001)

  Title:

  Interim Report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Aquatic vegetation | Boating safety | Fish | Fishing | Game wardens | Parks and Wildlife, Texas Department of | Property taxes | Rivers | Wildlife management areas |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.77 r245

  Description:

  [92 pages  File size: 4,168 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Review Chapter 31, Parks and Wildlife Code, relating to water safety, as well as rules and regulatory procedures implemented by the Department of Parks and Wildlife to ensure that the purposes of the chapter are carried out consistently and efficiently.
  2. Examine and evaluate the critical role of game wardens in accomplishing the mission of the Parks and Wildlife Department. Review all aspects of the training and duties of game wardens and assess the support provided to achieve maximum benefit from their efforts.
  3. Review the results of studies involving the impact of removing non-game fish on game fish populations. Monitor any field studies of non-game fish removal by the Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife, including the latest techniques for such removal.
  4. Review policies and actions of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department in maintaining healthy waterways, including, but not limited to, policies related to aquatic vegetation management and vehicular traffic in streambeds.
  5. Actively monitor agencies and programs under the committee's oversight jurisdiction, including the implementation of HB 3123, 77th R.S., related to taxation of real property under a wildlife management plan.

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• Committee:

  Senate Natural Resources, Interim, 75th R.S. (1997)

  Title:

  Interim report - TX Parks and Wildlife

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Fisheries | Fishing | Fishing licenses | Hunting licenses | Parks and Wildlife, Texas Department of | Shrimping industry |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.75 n219g

  Description:

  [38 pages  File size: 2,430 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Study the granting of general licensing authority to the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department for protecting the state's wildlife resources.

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• Committee:

  House Environmental Affairs, 72nd R.S. (1991)

  Title:

  Interim report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Air Control Board, Texas | Air pollution | Air quality | Clean Air Act | Commercial fishing | Emissions | Environmental protection | Fisheries | Fishing | Fishing licenses | Hazardous waste | Hunting | Hunting licenses | Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Texas | Natural resources conservation | Nonattainment areas | Parks and Wildlife, Texas Department of | Shrimping industry | Solid waste disposal |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.72 en89

  Description:

  [116 pages  File size: 5,463 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Monitor and review the Air Control Board's implementation of the newly adopted federal Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 and any related state air quality programs.
  2. Study the feasibility of a limited entry system for the shrimp fisheries of Texas.
  3. Study the Parks and Wildlife Department's authority and duties relating to the oversight and regulation of professional hunting and fishing guides and guide services.
  4. Study the use of taxes, product fees and or service fees to support environmental regulatory programs, natural resource conservation, property acquisitions, and capitol improvements.
  5. Study medical waste disposal (in coordination with the Committee on Public Health).

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• Committee:

  House Environmental Affairs, 72nd R.S. (1991)

  Title:

  Texas Department of Natural Resources: information packet, April 1991, including bill summary, SB 35

  Document type:

  Supporting document

  Library Call Number:

  L1801.9 EN89 72

  Description:

  [48 pages]

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• Committee:

  House Environmental Affairs, 70th R.S. (1987)

  Title:

  Interim report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Artificial reefs | Fisheries | Fishing | Hazardous waste | Natural resources conservation | Offshore structures | Outdoor recreation | Parks and Wildlife, Texas Department of | Radioactive waste | Solid waste disposal | State parks | Tourism | Wetlands |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.70 en89

  Description:

  [120 pages  File size: 3,608 kb]

  Charges:

  1. To study the interstate compacts for the handling of low-level radioactive waste.
  2. To study the acquisition of wetlands and other conservation areas.
  3. To study the feasibility of converting drilling rigs to fish reefs.
  4. To study methods to increase tourism through the coordination of public and private parks and recreational facilities throughout the state.

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• Committee:

  Senate Natural Resources, 70th R.S. (1987)

  Title:

  Interim report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Aquaculture | Artificial reefs | Beaches | Coastal erosion | Coastal protection | Colonias | Cotton production | Drinking water | Environmental protection | Exotic species | Fish | Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. | Fishing | Insects | Land conservation | Natural resources conservation | Offshore structures | Property rights | Rivers | Sewer service | Solid waste disposal | Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Program | Texas Open Beaches Act | Water conservation | Water rights | Water supplies |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.70 n219

  Description:

  [158 pages  File size: 5,126 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Initiate an interim study of a statewide artificial reef plan and further study various uses of abandoned oil and gas rigs. Give careful consideration to reef design, preparation, and component grouping and spacing, siting, and fisheries resource management and analyze and compare biological effectiveness, cost factors, and long-term benefits for various design options and preparation techniques.
  2. Review proposals for a protection system for Texas rivers, similar to the federal Wild and Scenic rivers program. *
  3. Study current efforts to control the boll weevil in Texas, including integrated pest management (IPM) programs. *
  4. Review the problems associated with colonias; make recommendations for legislative action to halt the growth of illegal subdivisions and to provide water and sewer service to existing developments. *
  5. Study the issues associated with aquaculture and fish farming. *
  6. Study coastal erosion; consider the advantages, disadvantages and economic impacts of beach erosion control methodologies. *
  7. Review the definitions of wetlands used by state and federal government agencies. Study the potential impact on wetlands management of the definition used in the Fish and Wildlife Service's National Wetlands Inventory project. *

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• Committee:

  Senate Natural Resources, 70th R.S. (1987)

  Title:

  SR 624, 70th Leg.

  Document type:

  Supporting document

  Library Call Number:

  SR 624

  Description:

  [3 pages  File size: 811 kb]

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• Committee:

  House Environmental Affairs, 67th R.S. (1981)

  Title:

  Interim Report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Air pollution | Air quality | Clean Air Act | Commercial fishing | Fish | Fishing | Hazardous waste | Hunting | Outdoor recreation | Parks and Wildlife, Texas Department of | Radioactive waste | Recycling | Solid waste disposal | State park fees | Trout |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.67 en89

  Description:

  [319 pages  File size: 9,605 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Secure accurate statistics on the availability of redfish and trout.
  2. Monitor the initiation of the Texas Low-Level Waste Authority; suggest any changes in the laws passed during the 67th legislative session.
  3. Study the feasibility of repealing all hunting and fishing laws that are not under the Uniform Regulatory Act.
  4. Study the need to extend the financing of the Local Park Fund.
  5. Monitor the drafting of the 1982 Implementation Plan for Harris County and monitor changes in the Federal Clean Air Act.
  6. Review the fees and charges levied by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to determine if the department should be given the authority to set reasonable and necessary fees in appropriate areas.
  7. Conduct a study in cooperation with the appropriate state agencies and the private sector to determine the feasibility of implementing laws to govern the placement of toxic and chemical waste facilities.
  8. Study the desirability or necessity of state legislation restricting the placement of garbage transfer stations or landfills in close proximity to residential areas, schools, churches, parks, playgrounds, etc. Alternative methods of garbage disposal should be investigated.
  9. Study the potential environmental safety problems involved in the use of underground injection wells for the disposal of hazardous wastes.

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• Committee:

  House Environmental Affairs, 65th R.S. (1977)

  Title:

  Interim Report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Air Control Board, Texas | Aquaculture | Clean Air Act | Commercial fishing | Fisheries | Fishing | General Land Office, Texas | Outdoor recreation | Parks and Wildlife, Texas Department of | Recycling | Solid waste disposal | State parks |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.65 h816 2

  Description:

  [78 pages  File size: 3,886 kb]

  Charges:

  1. A study of developing federal policies regarding park development, and explore a multigovernmental approach to park development and operation.
  2. A study of the saltwater fishing industry in order to enhance the environment for the production, harvesting, and marketing of aquatic products and to safeguard the Texas fishing and tourist industries.
  3. Oversight responsibility of agency expenditures and related transactions. This function shall encompass a review and monitoring of all appropriations-related actions of those agencies assigned to this committee for appropriative purposes during the 65th Regular Session of the Legislature, to wit: Air Control Board General Land Office and Veterans' Land Board Parks and Wildlife Department Board of Managers of Texas State Railroad
  4. A study of the public and private involvements in resource recovery operations.

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• Committee:

  House Salt Water Fisheries and Marine Taxation, Legislative Investigating, 43rd R.S. (1933)

  Title:

  Report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Fisheries | Fishing | Oysters | Shrimping industry |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.43 SA37/H.J. of Tex. (Supp.), 44th Leg., R.S. (1935)

  Description:

  [134 pages  File size: 7,577 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Investigation of salt water fishing conditions, matters relating to the opening and closing of bays, concerns with dissatisfaction among residents of Texas coastal areas with taxation of marine products, use of nets and seines, as well as administration by Game, Fish, and Oyster Commission of laws pertaining to salt water operations. *

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• Committee:

  House State Fish Commission, 19th R.S. (1885)

  Title:

  State Fish Commission

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Fish Commission, State | Fish hatcheries | Fisheries | Fishing |

  Library Call Number:

  H.J. of Tex., 19th Leg., R.S. 161 (1885)

  Description:

  [2 pages  File size: 86 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Investigate the status of the Fish Commission and the probable cost of its continuance, and to report all matters pertaining thereto, so the Legislature may act advisedly on the subject.

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* This represents an abstract of the report contents. Charge text is incomplete or unavailable.