Texas Parks & Wildlife Field Notes

On February 14, 2021 the entire Lone Star state found itself under a Winter Storm Warning. Sleet and snow blanketed...

Fisheries Management As fishery managers, our most important job is to ensure the sustainability of the State’s fish and shellfish...

If you are an avid reader of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Field Notes section in this magazine,...

October 2021

Listening to the Beat of a Different Drum: Using Passive Acoustics as a Tool for Monitoring Fish Populations

Zachary Olsen | Aransas Bay Ecosystem & Philip Souza | University of Texas Marine Science Institute

The drag on the reel began to tick, slowly at first and then steadily increasing as the rod tip bent...

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department-Coastal Fisheries (TPWD-CF) celebrates the twentieth anniversary of the TPWD-CF Sponsored Internship Program. The program began...

The Coastal Fisheries Division of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is tasked with protecting, managing, and ensuring the...

Over the next two years the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department and Texas A&M University at Galveston will partner to...

Oysters in Texas It’s humbling to see how a small bivalve that fits in the palm of your hand has...

Many remember the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill that began on April 20th, 2010, when an explosion on a drilling...

TPWD Artificial Reef Program The Texas Parks and Wildlife (TPWD) Artificial Reef program was established in 1990 with a guiding...

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Listening to the Beat of a Different Drum: Using Passive Acoustics as a Tool for Monitoring Fish Populations

Twenty Years: Turning Students into Scientists

Stock Enhancement: A Fisheries Management Tool for All Seasons

Ears in the water, listening for our favorite fish

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