TP&W Field Notes

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Getting to Know Aransas Bay

Karen Meador | Ecosystem Leader | Aransas Bay System
The Aransas Bay ecosystem is located on the middle Texas coast. This bay system is composed of two primary estuaries:...

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