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Article: 15 TEXAS FRESHWATER MUSSELS PLACED ON STATE THREATENED LIST
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- November 6, 2009
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AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 5 -- The Texas Parks and Wildlife issued the following news release:
Despite the colloquial poetry of their names, Texas mussels like the golden orb, Louisiana pigtoe, sandbank pocketbook and Texas fatmucket are not well known to most people. Yet, their placement on the state threatened species list may benefit many people by putting a bit more muscle behind efforts to protect rivers, water quality and freshwater habitats that sustain many other fish and wildlife species.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission on Nov. 5 acted to place 15 of the 50 known Texas species of freshwater mussels on the state threatened list. Currently, state fisheries regulations allow harvest ...