July 2015 TPWD Getting Kids Hooked on Fishing Shane Bonnot | Hatchery Manager | TPWD Coastal Fisheries Division | Sea Center Texas Most people that are aware of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Coastal Fisheries Stock Enhancement Program have a... Read More
June 2015 iSnapper: A “Smart” Solution to Improve Red Snapper Management Tara Topping, M.S., and Greg Stunz, Ph.D. There is something that draws people to the Texas Gulf Coast. It might be the beautiful sunrises, or the relaxing... Read More
May 2015 Are the Jellyfish Moving In? Heidi Heim-Ballew | Upper Laguna Madre Coastal Fisheries Division Intern Jellyfish are gelatinous organisms that have been in existence for over 500 million years. While pulsating and drifting in the... Read More
April 2015 Benefits of Live-release Fishing Tournaments Greg Purtle | Upper Laguna Madre Coastal Fisheries Division Intern As a marine biology student at Texas A&M University and Corpus Christi resident for the last three years, I've had... Read More
March 2015 Fish Consumption Advisories Kevin Son | TPWD Intern | San Antonio Bay Ecosystem | Port O’Connor Coastal anglers are probably most familiar with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) because of its Coastal Fisheries Division.... Read More
February 2015 Flatfish Don’t Start Out Flat Scott J. Walker, Ph.D. | Biologist | CCA Marine Development Center | Corpus Christi Of all the different groups of fishes in the world, flatfishes (flounder, sole, halibut, turbot, plaice and tonguefish) are arguably... Read More
January 2015 Shark Tagging Ashley Roesner | Summer Intern | TPWD Dickinson Marine Laboratory Longline offshore fishing trips with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Coastal Fisheries employees are some of the most thrilling... Read More
December 2014 Dynamics of a Salty Regime Holly Grand | Fisheries Technician | Upper Laguna Madre Ecosystem Field Station, Corpus Christi Formed about 2,500 years ago, the Laguna Madre is situated between the Texas mainland and Padre Island. It is characterized... Read More
November 2014 How Old Is That Fish? Jason Ferguson | Fisheries Biologist | Lower Laguna Madre Ecosystem Field Station, Brownsville I typically receive several questions each month from anglers who want to know the age of a fish they have... Read More
October 2014 Sun, Sand, and Seaweed: Sargassum on Texas Beaches Maria Cooksey | Summer Intern | Lower Laguna Madre Ecosystem If you have taken a trip to any of Texas' beautiful beaches this summer, you may have been met with... Read More