Conservation

CCA Texas Update and Happenings

John Blaha
As this edition of Texas Saltwater Fishing hits the newsstands, we hope Texas and many other states are moving forward...

A Better Bivalve

Shane Bonnot
This time last year we informed CCA Texas members of an industry coming to coastal waters - Cultivated oyster mariculture,...

CCA Texas Approves Funding for Habitat, Research and Education

John Blaha
Habitat CCA Texas State Board recently continued there never ending support of habitat restoration and creation by earmarking $2.5 million...

Nearshore Reefing and Flounder Hatchery Developments

John Blaha
Nearshore reefing efforts continue to grow along the Texas coast.  CCA Texas partners, Friends of RGV Reef (FRGVR), continue to...

Are you a good steward of Texas coastal resources?

John Blaha
As we move into 2020 and our minds begin shifting from deer and duck blinds to coastal fishing, it is...

Record-Breaking Year for CCA Texas

John Blaha
Coastal Conservation Association Texas (CCA Texas) enjoyed another successful and record-breaking year in 2019. This success would not be possible...

Continuing Plight of Southern Flounder

Shane Bonnot – CCA Texas Advocacy Director
Difficult decisions loom as southern flounder stocks continue to struggle. Southern flounder, Paralichthys lethostigma (meaning parallel fish that forgot its...

CCA Texas Commitment to Nearshore Reefing Surpasses $2.3 Million

John Blaha
CCA Texas’s Habitat Today for Fish Tomorrow (HTFT) and Building Conservation Trust (BCT) recently approved another $250,000 for nearshore reefing....

CCA-Texas Opposes Ship Channel Deepening Project

John Blaha
The Texas Chapter of the Coastal Conservation Association (CCA Texas) submits the following comments regarding permit application SWG-2019-00067, Channel Deepening...

Bycatch is a Hidden Threat to Gulf of Mexico Fisheries

Dr. Larry McKinney | Senior Executive Director, Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
A correction and additional take on the Fishery’s Management Council recent action could allow commercial shrimpers bycatch to threaten recovery...

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