Looking Through the Seagrass
During my internship with the Coastal Fisheries Division of Texas Parks and Wildlife (TPWD), I spent time monitoring propeller scars...
TP&W Field Notes
The TPWD Coastal Fisheries Regulatory Process
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) is the principle agency with legislative authority to pass state regulations that affect sport...
Hatchery Intern Experience
I started my Texas adventure in the fall 2008 by enrolling in the mariculture graduate studies program at Texas A&M...
A Day in the Life of Mike Robertson
Meet Mike Robertson:
"Howdy, my name is Mike Robertson. I started with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) in October...
Coastal Fisheries’ 2010 Spring-Summer Activities
The end of winter is triggered by the lengthening of daylight associated with the approach of spring and summer days....
Is the Laguna Madre Dying?
To put it simply, no, the upper Laguna Madre (ULM) is not dying. Some anglers believe that the large amount...
Texas Parks and Wildlife’s Shrimp Inspection Program
Prior to1998, ponds of the emerging shrimp farm industry were only intermittently inspected by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD)....
TPWD’s Response to Coastwide Freeze, 2010
Prior to the 1950s, biologists along the Texas coast were few and far between and getting to a fish kill...
Change in Seagrass Bed Scarring (2007-2009) Using GIS
INTRODUCTION
In the 1990s, it was recognized that propeller scars left by boaters were causing significant damage to seagrass beds...
Mapping a New Path
When most people think of a job as a fisheries technician, they generally think that means working with fish. When...
