Conservation

The Last Fish

Pat Murray | CCA Vice President & Director of Conservation
When the founders of CCA first got together in 1976 to start the "Save the Redfish" campaign, they knew it...

Dune Seeding: Another Great Hands-On Conservation Project

Tom Brown | President | Texas Open Beach Advocates
What did you do with your old Christmas tree this year? Throw it out by the curb to become part...

Gill Net Surveys: An in-depth look at a Fisheries Management Tool

Everett Johnson
My first-ever glimpse of a gill net came when a friend found one stashed in the tall grass on Matagorda...

CCA Advocacy Team Adds Expertise

CCA Texas
Coastal Conservation Association (CCA) is pleased to announce that Matthew Paxton, most recently senior counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee...

TPWD Sets Regional Management Plan for Spotted Seatrout

AUSTIN, Texas – The world-famous spotted seatrout fishery in the Lower Laguna Madre will get an extra measure of protection...

CCA at Texas State

Kyle Tomek
Mere inches of water blanketed oyster reefs and bottomless mud. Navigating the narrow maze of twists and turns added to...

Billy Sandifer’s Big Shell Cleanup Sets All-Time Records

Everett Johnson
The 12th annual Big Shell Beach Cleanup held March 10, 2007 on Padre Island National Seashore was a whopper by...

Volunteers… the Strength of CCA Texas

CCA Texas
It has been said many times that the strength of an organization is a reflection of its volunteer base. CCA...

Join CCA? How about becoming more involved locally?

Manny Villanueva
A few years back, while enjoying a cold beverage on a pier in Rockport, it hit me! How lucky are...

Dear concerned fishermen, we need your help!

Mike McBride & Everett Johnson
The Port Mansfield Channel, or as it is also known, the East Cut from the Laguna Madre to the Gulf...

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