Sawfish: Texas’ Lost Species
Their odd appearance and awesome size made them a prized catch for fishermen along the Texas coast. Net fishermen considered...
TP&W Field Notes
Where did all these folks come from?
Fishing pressure on the Texas CoastEverybody knows the feeling. You spend all week looking forward to the big weekend fishing...
Seagrasses: A Cornerstone to Bay Productivity
Seagrass Requirements
Seagrasses, or submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV), are flowering plants that live in shallow saline waters usually in a...
Harvest Surveys
If you often fish the Texas coastal waters, you have probably ended a fishing trip at a boat ramp to...
Crab Traps Anyone?
Since 2002 the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission has mandated a closed crab trap season in Texas' coastal waters for...
Sweet Mullet
Cruising through the Texas estuaries, most anglers have heard the splash of a fish jumping out of the water or...
Texas Clipper Ship Artificial Reef Project
The Texas Clipper lived several lives, beginning with its christening as the USS Queens on September 12, 1944, a WWII...
Seafood Consumption Advisories in Texas
Seafood consumption advisories for marine waters are not new to Texas. Beginning in the late 1980's consumption advisories have been...
Texas' Other Seatrouts
Three species of the genus Cynoscion, commonly called seatrout, are native to the Gulf of Mexico: the spotted seatrout, the...
Evaluating Seagrass Protection Initiatives in Redfish Bay – Part II
Part I (June 2008 Issue) of this series gave the basics of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's (TPWD) "No propeller...
Gulf Coast Kitchen
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Recipe of the month
Texas Gulf Shrimp Corn Dogs
1-1/2 lb fresh shrimp, 10-15 count, peeled and deveined 12 wooden skewers six inches length 1/2 cup flour for dredging,...