Texas Parks and Wildlife Code - PARKS & WILD § 75.0106. Prohibited Actions

(a) No person may sell or barter, or offer to sell or barter, a cultivated oyster, except as authorized by this chapter.

(b) No person may place a cultivated oyster in a natural oyster bed or private oyster bed.

(c) In this subsection, “coastal public land” has the meaning assigned by Section 33.004, Natural Resources Code. Regardless of whether a person holds a permit under this chapter, no person may place a structure related to cultivated oyster mariculture on coastal public land unless the person first obtains a lease or easement under Chapter 33 or 51, Natural Resources Code.