Eastland you missed the poorly articulated point in my post. That species of tilapia - Oreochromis mossambicus - Mozambique tilapia should be removed from the list of excluded fish. Apparently its stocking is not prohibited nor a permit required for ponds. I agree TPW has a good policy of allowing Oreochromis mossambicus - Mozambique tilapia to be stocked in ponds. Now they need to fix the regulation to match the policy. Otherwise the regulation as written could be arbitrarily and unfairly used against some unsuspecting pond owner.