BRAZORIA COUNTY — Texas Game Wardens say six people are facing charges after an investigation into suspected illegal oyster harvesting in Christmas Bay led to the recovery of nine large ice chests and buckets of oysters. Christmas Bay is a protected coastal bay in Brazoria County along the Texas Gulf Coast, about 125 miles west-southwest of Beaumont. According to Texas Game Wardens, wardens observed six people harvesting oysters and transporting them through the marsh to a vehicle on May 30.