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Sea Center Texas WANTS YOU
Sea Center Texas has one of the most versatile and active volunteer groups in the Texas Parks and Wildlife system....
TP&W Field Notes
Tigers In The Gulf?
The Asian black tiger shrimp is spreading through the Gulf of Mexico, and the presence of this nonindigenous shrimp has...
More Than Meets the Eye...
We've all heard the clich, "A picture is worth a thousand words." In the fisheries world, this mantra holds especially...
TPWD’s New Catch Reporting System for Red Snapper to Take Effect June 1, 2014
Beginning June 1, 2014, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is asking that red snapper anglers (with the exception...
Stocking the Future
Fish hatcheries and stocking hatchery-reared fishes into saltwater ecosystems to supplement wild populations (stock enhancement) have been used as a...
Artificial Reefs in Texas
Coral reefs are some of the most diverse ecosystems in the ocean. They occupy less than 0.1% of the ocean...
Ed Hegen Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Coastal Fisheries Division, Region II Director Retiring After 43 Years of Service
The Early Days
"WANTED Young, Skinny, Wiry Fellows, Willing to risk death daily. Orphans preferred."
That wasn't exactly how Ed...
Bonefish in the Laguna Madre and the rise of tropical species on the Texas coast
Rising water temperature on the south Texas coast has led to an increase in the amount of tropical fish species...
Big Trout on the Rise in the Upper Laguna Madre
If you have fished the coastal waters of South Texas, I'm sure you have heard that the Laguna Madre is...
Plecostomus Amongst Us
Back in the summer of 2010 the lower Laguna Madre was inundated with freshwater from a combination of three tropical...
