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...

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....

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...