Sargassum frogfish (Histrio histrio) for sale/trade

[bjgf15]

I'm not sure how far offshore you where, but if you were within 9 miles(state waters) of the coast, then it is not legal to sell these. Any shrimp, invert, or fish collected in the state of Texas can't be sold legally unless you have a commercial license. I'm not sure about federal waters and what regulations they have, but I think it might be helpful to check up on them.

I just got off the phone with a represenative from the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council which manage federal waters and they said that unless the fish are regulated species (which Histrio histrio is not) then they didn't see a problem with me selling them.

HOWEVER, because I am officially landing these fish in Texas there may be state water rules applying. Right now it is still pretty fuzzy (to me and to everyone I've talked to) so I think until I can be 100% sure that I'm not doing anything illegal I am going hold off on distributing these fish this weekend.

That said, I will be in contact with everyone who expressed interest in obataining one or more of these fish once I get a final word from TPWD that it's ok.

Any other questions or concerns please ask me!