TP&W Field Notes

Fisheries Management: Casting Nets and Balancing Budgets

Jason Jaworski | Port O’Connor Field Station
Have you ever wondered about a fisheries manager’s decision-making process? Or how they come to the conclusions they do? There...

The Texas Redfish: A Story of Coastal Fisheries Management and Successful Species Recovery

Joel Anderson (Facility Manager, Perry R. Bass Research Station) and Shane Bonnot (Advocacy Director at Coastal Conservation Association Texas)
The Texas Red Drum, commonly known as Redfish or simply “Red”, has a storied history unique within the annals of...

Flat Not Flounder: The Many Species of Flatfish That Live in Texas Bays and How to Tell Them Apart

Alyx Bradley | Aransas Bay Ecosystem
The sun begins to sink beneath the horizon as you pull up to the boat ramp. You watch as anglers...

Goodness Gracious, Great Balls of Baitfish

Jessica Geiskopf & Grant Maresh | Galveston Bay Fisheries Management, Dickinson Marine Lab
What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Texas’ coastal fisheries? For many anglers, dreams of...

Texas’ Commercial Fisheries: Data Collection and Trends

Dr. Darin Topping | Commercial Landings Team Leader | Coastal Fisheries Division, Rockport
Texas’ bountiful bays, estuaries, and Gulf of Mexico waters have rich and diverse ecosystems that have long supported economically important...

Becoming an Outdoors Woman Returns to the Texas Coast

Nicole Plowman | Coastal Ecologist, Dickinson Marine Lab
“The other way! No, the other way! The other, OTHER way!” If you regularly use a boat ramp, you’ve witnessed...

TPWD Coastal Fisheries Stock Enhancement of Spotted Seatrout - Post Freeze

Tyler Schacht | Hatchery Team Leader | Perry R. Bass Marine Fisheries Research Station
Stock enhancement is a fisheries management tool used around the world to help supplement wild fish populations by introducing hatchery-reared...

From Sea to Stream: Tracking the Elusive American Eel as it Slithers from Texas’ Estuaries into its Rivers

Joel Anderson (Facility Manager, Perry R. Bass Research Station) and Jillian Swinford (Natural Resource Specialist, Perry R. Bass Research Station)
The American Eel (scientific name Anguilla rostrata) is a species of eel that is found throughout the eastern part of...

The rise of tropical fish and fish diversity in Texas

Lily Walker, Fish and Wildlife Technician, TPWD Upper Laguna Madre Ecosystem Team
The Texas Slam, which includes the combined catch of a Spotted Seatrout, Redfish, and Southern Flounder in a single day,...

Age and Growth of Coastal Spotted Seatrout in Texas

Joel Anderson, Facility Manager, Perry R. Bass Research Station
One of the main hurdles facing fishery biologists is that the subject of their science occurs under water.  For this...

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