October 2021 Listening to the Beat of a Different Drum: Using Passive Acoustics as a Tool for Monitoring Fish Populations Zachary Olsen | Aransas Bay Ecosystem & Philip Souza | University of Texas Marine Science Institute The drag on the reel began to tick, slowly at first and then steadily increasing as the rod tip bent... Read More
October 2021 Twenty Years: Turning Students into Scientists David Norris | Corpus Christi Bay Ecosystem Texas Parks and Wildlife Department-Coastal Fisheries (TPWD-CF) celebrates the twentieth anniversary of the TPWD-CF Sponsored Internship Program. The program began... Read More
September 2021 Stock Enhancement: A Fisheries Management Tool for All Seasons Ashley Fincannon | TPWD Coastal Fisheries, CCA Marine Development Center, Hatchery Manager The Coastal Fisheries Division of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is tasked with protecting, managing, and ensuring the... Read More
August 2021 Ears in the water, listening for our favorite fish Carey Gelpi | Ph.D. Ecosystem Leader, Sabine Lake Marine Lab Over the next two years the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department and Texas A&M University at Galveston will partner to... Read More
July 2021 Oyster Farming Comes to Texas Emma Clarkson | Habitat and Assessment Team Oysters in Texas It’s humbling to see how a small bivalve that fits in the palm of your hand has... Read More
June 2021 $8.8 Billion: How the Money from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Has Enhanced Fishing in Texas Hanna Bauer | Policy and Education Team Many remember the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill that began on April 20th, 2010, when an explosion on a drilling... Read More
May 2021 Finding Answers Underwater Allison Baldwin TPWD Artificial Reef Program The Texas Parks and Wildlife (TPWD) Artificial Reef program was established in 1990 with a guiding... Read More
April 2021 Winter Weather Impacts on Coastal Wildlife: What Does Texas Parks and Wildlife Do to Mitigate Losses? TPWD Coastal Fisheries Division Staff As we continue to thaw out from the winter storm that impacted the state of Texas this year, one question... Read More
March 2021 Live Bait Shrimp Usage in Texas Waters: Are Anglers Switching to Soft Plastics? Jerad Fuelling | Shrimp Inspection Team For many coastal anglers in Texas, their fishing trip begins with a quick stop to the local bait shop to... Read More
February 2021 Protecting and Enhancing Estuary Habitats in the Redfish Bay State Scientific Area by Restoration of Dagger Island Paul Silva | Ecosystem Resources Program Redfish Bay contains the northernmost extensive stands of seagrass on the Texas coast and is unique in that it is... Read More