February 2009 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... Read More
January 2009 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... Read More
November 2008 Texas Clipper Ship Artificial Reef Project J. Dale Shively | Artificial Reef Coordinator The Texas Clipper lived several lives, beginning with its christening as the USS Queens on September 12, 1944, a WWII... Read More
October 2008 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... Read More
September 2008 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... Read More
July 2008 Evaluating Seagrass Protection Initiatives in Redfish Bay – Part II Dennis Pridgen | Fisheries Biologist | Aransas Bay Ecosystem Part I (June 2008 Issue) of this series gave the basics of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's (TPWD) "No propeller... Read More
June 2008 Evaluating Seagrass Protection Initiatives in Redfish Bay – Part I Perry Trial | Ecosystem Leader | Corpus Christi Bay System If you’re boating in redfish bay this summer, be sure to watch out for divers! Biologists from the Texas Parks... Read More
June 2008 The Status of Saltwater Fishing in Texas Larry McKinney | Director, Coastal Fisheries Division | Texas Parks & Wildlife Department Does it seem to you that there are more and more boats on the bays and in front of you... Read More
May 2008 Coastal Fisheries 2008 Fishing Forecast Larry McKinney | Director, Coastal Fisheries Division | Texas Parks & Wildlife Department Texas saltwater fisheries roller coaster: three years ago we shoveled snow and our upper coast was pounded by hurricane Rita.... Read More
April 2008 Coastal Fisheries Research Britt Bumguardner, Facility Manager, and Bill Karel, Senior Geneticist The Coastal Fisheries Division of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department operates a research facility located midway on the Texas... Read More