Texas’ Marine Fish Stocking Program

Robert Vega | Ph.D. Marine Hatcheries Program Leader
Texas' 2009 marine fish stocking program has successfully started with captive hatchery red drum and spotted seatrout spawning millions of...

Sawfish: Texas’ Lost Species

Tonya Wiley | Outreach Specialist | Dickinson Marine Lab
Their odd appearance and awesome size made them a prized catch for fishermen along the Texas coast. Net fishermen considered...

Where did all these folks come from?

Joshua Harper | Natural Resource Specialist | Palacios Field Station | Palacios
Fishing pressure on the Texas CoastEverybody knows the feeling. You spend all week looking forward to the big weekend fishing...

Harvest Surveys

Justin Esslinger | Fish & Wildlife Technician, Coastal Fisheries Division | Rockport Marine Laboratory
If you often fish the Texas coastal waters, you have probably ended a fishing trip at a boat ramp to...

Crab Traps Anyone?

Tom Wagner | Natural Resource Specialist, Rockport
Since 2002 the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission has mandated a closed crab trap season in Texas' coastal waters for...

Sweet Mullet

Sarah Kahlich | Fish and Wildlife Technician | Palacios Field Station
Cruising through the Texas estuaries, most anglers have heard the splash of a fish jumping out of the water or...

Seafood Consumption Advisories in Texas

Lance Robinson | Regional Director, Coastal Fisheries Division | Dickinson Marine Laboratory
Seafood consumption advisories for marine waters are not new to Texas. Beginning in the late 1980's consumption advisories have been...

Texas' Other Seatrouts

Dusty McDonald | Life History Biologist | Perry R. Bass Marine Fisheries Research Station, Palacios
Three species of the genus Cynoscion, commonly called seatrout, are native to the Gulf of Mexico: the spotted seatrout, the...