July 2014 More Than Meets the Eye... Brian Bartram | Fisheries Biologist | Aransas Bay Ecosystem Field Station, Rockport We've all heard the clich, "A picture is worth a thousand words." In the fisheries world, this mantra holds especially... Read More
June 2014 TPWD’s New Catch Reporting System for Red Snapper to Take Effect June 1, 2014 Zachary Olsen Beginning June 1, 2014, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is asking that red snapper anglers (with the exception... Read More
June 2014 Stocking the Future Paul D. Cason | Hatchery Team Leader | Perry R. Bass Marine Fisheries Station Fish hatcheries and stocking hatchery-reared fishes into saltwater ecosystems to supplement wild populations (stock enhancement) have been used as a... Read More
May 2014 Artificial Reefs in Texas Alec Robbins Coral reefs are some of the most diverse ecosystems in the ocean. They occupy less than 0.1% of the ocean... Read More
April 2014 Ed Hegen Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Coastal Fisheries Division, Region II Director Retiring After 43 Years of Service TPWD Coastal Fisheries Staff The Early Days "WANTED Young, Skinny, Wiry Fellows, Willing to risk death daily. Orphans preferred." That wasn't exactly how Ed... Read More
March 2014 Bonefish in the Laguna Madre and the rise of tropical species on the Texas coast Erin Buschfort - 2013 ULM Summer Intern Rising water temperature on the south Texas coast has led to an increase in the amount of tropical fish species... Read More
February 2014 Big Trout on the Rise in the Upper Laguna Madre Clinton Witherell, Intern | Upper Laguna Madre Ecosystem, Corpus Christi If you have fished the coastal waters of South Texas, I'm sure you have heard that the Laguna Madre is... Read More
January 2014 Plecostomus Amongst Us Mark Lingo | Ecosystem Leader, Lower Laguna Madre | Brownsville Back in the summer of 2010 the lower Laguna Madre was inundated with freshwater from a combination of three tropical... Read More
December 2013 Lionfish Stalking Our Bays? Coastal Fisheries Natural Resource Specialists: Leslie D. Hartman (Palacios, Matagorda Bay) & Zachary T. Olsen (Corpus Christi, upper Laguna Madre) Invasive species are a growing global concern in the Gulf of Mexico and the lionfish is rapidly on its way... Read More
November 2013 You, Me, and Debris Gloria Alcaraz | CCA Intern - Lower Laguna Madre | Brownsville Take a moment and imagine that you are on a fishing trip with your family. As you are scouting the... Read More