SECTION 57.398. Permit Denial

A broodstock permit may be denied if:

(1) the applicant fails to satisfy all required criteria for permit issuance required by this subchapter;

(2) the department finds that the prospective collection activities could be detrimental to existing populations of aquatic species at a specified collection site;

(3) the department finds that issuance of the permit is inconsistent with department management or stocking programs in specified public water;

(4) the department finds that issuance of the permit could be reasonably expected to interfere with sportfishing activities at a specified site;

(5) the species and numbers requested in the permit application are reasonably available from commercial aquaculturists within the state; or

(6) a designated agent named in the broodstock permit application has violated any provision of this subchapter in the five-year period preceding the date of permit application.

Source Note: The provisions of this §57.398 adopted to be effective October 3, 1996, 21 TexReg 9170; amended to be effective August 24, 2020, 45 TexReg 5915; amended to be effective November 22, 2021, 46 TexReg 7894