TP&W Field Notes

Plecostomus Amongst Us

Mark Lingo | Ecosystem Leader, Lower Laguna Madre | Brownsville
Back in the summer of 2010 the lower Laguna Madre was inundated with freshwater from a combination of three tropical...

Lionfish Stalking Our Bays?

Coastal Fisheries Natural Resource Specialists: Leslie D. Hartman (Palacios, Matagorda Bay) & Zachary T. Olsen (Corpus Christi, upper Laguna Madre)
Invasive species are a growing global concern in the Gulf of Mexico and the lionfish is rapidly on its way...

You, Me, and Debris

Gloria Alcaraz | CCA Intern - Lower Laguna Madre | Brownsville
Take a moment and imagine that you are on a fishing trip with your family. As you are scouting the...

Volunteering on the Coast

Kris Shipman
You love fishing on the Texas coast, scuba diving in the Gulf, beachcombing along the shore or simply spending time...

Employee Profile: Mike Ray | Coastal Fisheries Deputy Division Director

Ed Hegen | Lower Coast Regional Director | Rockport
"I got to Texas as soon as I could." I never actually heard Mike Ray say this, but I think...

Harvest Monitoring and Estimation of Landings

Zaida Faye Hagar | CCA/TPWD Summer Intern | Aransas Bay Ecosystem | Rockport
In 2011, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Coastal Fisheries Division estimated that more than 51,000 spotted seatrout and...

Water Spinach - Does it Pose a Threat to Texas Waterways?

Robert Adami, Jr. | Natural Resources Specialist V | Corpus Christi
Water Spinach (Ipomoea aquatic) is a popular green vegetable enjoyed by the Texas Asian American community. The plant is native...

Brown Tide in Baffin Bay: A look at what we have learned and what the future may hold

Zachary Olsen | Upper Laguna Madre Ecosystem Biologist | Corpus Christi
In the early 1990s the Baffin Bay area of the Laguna Madre was plagued by what turned out to be...

No Boat, No Problem…Go Fish

Tom Wagner and Ed Hegen | Rockport Marine Lab
Why do people fish? Because they can. Where do people fish? Anywhere they can. For almost forty years Texas Parks...

Migration, Gene Flow, and Marine Fishery Management

Joel Anderson, TPWD Perry R. Bass Marine Fisheries Research Station
In fishing, as in life, there are few indisputable facts. However, you don't have to be a seasoned angler to...

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