One Mexican fruit fly quarantine in Texas was recently removed, and portions of another Mexfly quarantine were released. Federal and state officials on October 13 removed the Mexfly quarantine in Harlingen, Cameron County, after three generations elapsed with no additional detections in the area. This action releases the final 108.17 square miles of the Harlingen quarantine, which contained 699.3 acres of commercial citrus.
On September 30 and October 13, APHIS and TDA released portions of the Brownsville Mexfly quarantine area in Cameron County after three generations elapsed with no additional detections in these areas. As a result of the release of this area, which totaled 39.56 square miles and included 147.7 acres of commercial citrus, the Brownsville Mexfly quarantine now encompasses 42.91 square miles with no commercial citrus acreage.
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