Texas Parks and Wildlife Code - Section 77.014. Method Of Taking Count
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§ 77.014. METHOD OF TAKING COUNT. (a) An authorized
employee of the department shall take the count of shrimp in the
presence of the person possessing the shrimp.
(b) The employee shall select a minimum of three
representative samples for each 1,000 pounds or fraction of 1,000
pounds of headless or heads-on shrimp being sampled.
(c) Each sample must weigh five pounds after draining at
least three minutes.
(d) The count per pound for the sample is determined by
dividing the number of specimens in the sample by five.
(e) The average count per pound for the entire quantity
being sampled is determined by totalling the count per pound for
each sample and dividing that total by the number of samples.
(f) The average count per pound as determined under this
section is prima facie evidence of the average count per pound of
the shrimp in the entire cargo or quantity of shrimp sampled.
(g) Headless and heads-on shrimp shall be sampled, weighed,
and counted separately.
Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.
Section: 77.001 77.002 77.003 77.004 77.005 77.007 77.011 77.014 77.015 77.0191 77.020 77.021 77.022 77.024 77.025
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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