September 2022 Blooming Waters Lead to Booming Harvests April Russell | Sea Center Texas Here at Sea Center Texas, Red Drum and Spotted Seatrout are raised in outdoor grow-out ponds as part of the... Read More
August 2022 Forage Fish and 2021 Texas Winter Storm Uri Andres Garcia | Natural Resource Specialist III, Lower Laguna Madre The 2021 Texas winter storm Uri was truly an unprecedented event that not only impacted the lives of thousands of... Read More
July 2022 Osmoregulation in Estuarine Fishes Jason Jaworski | San Antonio Bay Management Team It might come as no surprise to some people that Texas’ coastal bays are constantly changing. Climate, seasons, weather, tides,... Read More
June 2022 The Slammin’ Species of Galveston Bay Jared Cullison | Galveston Bay Fisheries Management Team “What did you use for bait?” “How long have you been on the water?” and “Were you fishing for a... Read More
May 2022 Red Snapper Management: The past, present, and future Tara Topping, M.S. and Darin Topping, PhD There’s a famous saying from Benjamin Franklin that, “nothing in this world is certain except death and taxes,” but the... Read More
April 2022 Give Me Shelter – Protecting Coastal Wetlands Through Habitat Assessment Savannah Horton | Coastal Ecologist, TPWD Dickinson Marine Lab Those who have spent time wading, or rather sinking, into the depths of marsh muds, maneuvering a kayak through fields... Read More
February 2022 Fishing Dreams and Working Realities Timothy S. Huebner | Fish and Wildlife Technician, Perry R. Bass Marine Fisheries Research Station I knew it would be a fantastic day when I hooked up the trailer and every light worked. All the... Read More
February 2022 Historic Cold Stuns Sea Turtles Caren Collins | Matagorda Bay Ecosystem On February 14, 2021 the entire Lone Star state found itself under a Winter Storm Warning. Sleet and snow blanketed... Read More
January 2022 Fish For, Eat More Black Drum Faye Grubbs | Upper Laguna Madre Ecosystem Leader Fisheries Management As fishery managers, our most important job is to ensure the sustainability of the State’s fish and shellfish... Read More
December 2021 What Can We Learn From An Oyster’s Shape? Joel Anderson and Polly Hajovsky | Perry R. Bass Marine Fisheries Research Station If you are an avid reader of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Field Notes section in this magazine,... Read More