January 2018 Keeping Your Ear to the Ground: How SONAR is used to Monitor Aquatic Habitat in Texas Bays Zachary Olsen and Emma Clarkson | Habitat Assessment Team The fishfinder has become standard instrumentation on even not-so-modern fishing boats. Colorful displays steadily advance across the LCD consoles of... Read More
December 2017 Texas Abandoned Crab Trap Removal Program Zack Thomas Lost fishing gear including fishing line, nets, and various types of traps represents 10% of marine debris littering the bottoms... Read More
November 2017 Release the Kraken! Jill Thompson-Grim and Chris Ledford The latest Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) artificial reef ship project happened earlier this year.The Kraken was released on... Read More
October 2017 Stow it. Don’t Throw It. Adriana Leiva If you have ever enjoyed a day of fishing along the Texas coast, then you know the thrill you experience... Read More
September 2017 Restoration on Dickinson Bayou Dr. Jan Culbertson | Natural Resources Specialist, Coastal Fisheries Division | Dickinson Marine Lab This story begins in Dickinson Bayou, a water quality impaired watershed, located along the upper Texas coast within the Galveston... Read More
August 2017 Shoal Grass – A Texas Underwater Treasure Nathan Kuhn | Ecosystem Resources Program | Austin Team Leader | Coastal Fisheries Division The next time you’re wading or paddling through your favorite fishing spot along the Texas coast, take a closer look... Read More
July 2017 Of Drones and Datasets: Glimpsing the Underwater World from the Sky Zachary Olsen | TPWD Habitat Assessment Team It’s a crisp and cool January morning on Redfish Bay. Tides are seasonably low (about a foot below normal) and,... Read More
June 2017 iSnapper Smartphone App – Get it! Use it! Dr. Mark Fisher | Science Director | Coastal Fisheries Division The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, in cooperation with the Center for Sportfish Science and Conservation at Texas A&M University-Corpus... Read More
May 2017 Feeling the Squeeze – Trends in Red Snapper Dr. Darin Topping | Commercial Landings Team Leader | TPWD Coastal Fisheries Division – Rockport I have spent many years fishing in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) for red snapper. Some of this fishing was... Read More
April 2017 Brown Shrimp Life History and Management in Texas Dr. Mark Fisher | Science Director | Coastal Fisheries Division Brown shrimp (Farfantepenaeus aztecus) have an annual life cycle and are found in both estuarine and offshore habitats, depending on... Read More