Opinion No.

Honorable Henry Burkett Executive Director Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Austin, Texas 78744

Re: Lease of waters by city to private individuals for shrimp mariculture purposes.

Dear Mr. Burkett:

Your office has requested our opinion concerning several general questions involving the jurisdiction of the Parks and Wildlife Department regarding fish in waters over privately owned beds and the legality of a grant of exclusive rights of fishery. Additionally, you asked specifically whether the City of Port Arthur may lease a spoil disposal site to a private individual with exclusive rights of…