April 2014 Ed Hegen Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Coastal Fisheries Division, Region II Director Retiring After 43 Years of Service TPWD Coastal Fisheries Staff The Early Days "WANTED Young, Skinny, Wiry Fellows, Willing to risk death daily. Orphans preferred." That wasn't exactly how Ed... Read More
March 2014 Bonefish in the Laguna Madre and the rise of tropical species on the Texas coast Erin Buschfort - 2013 ULM Summer Intern Rising water temperature on the south Texas coast has led to an increase in the amount of tropical fish species... Read More
February 2014 Big Trout on the Rise in the Upper Laguna Madre Clinton Witherell, Intern | Upper Laguna Madre Ecosystem, Corpus Christi If you have fished the coastal waters of South Texas, I'm sure you have heard that the Laguna Madre is... Read More
January 2014 Plecostomus Amongst Us Mark Lingo | Ecosystem Leader, Lower Laguna Madre | Brownsville Back in the summer of 2010 the lower Laguna Madre was inundated with freshwater from a combination of three tropical... Read More
December 2013 Lionfish Stalking Our Bays? Coastal Fisheries Natural Resource Specialists: Leslie D. Hartman (Palacios, Matagorda Bay) & Zachary T. Olsen (Corpus Christi, upper Laguna Madre) Invasive species are a growing global concern in the Gulf of Mexico and the lionfish is rapidly on its way... Read More
November 2013 You, Me, and Debris Gloria Alcaraz | CCA Intern - Lower Laguna Madre | Brownsville Take a moment and imagine that you are on a fishing trip with your family. As you are scouting the... Read More
October 2013 Volunteering on the Coast Kris Shipman You love fishing on the Texas coast, scuba diving in the Gulf, beachcombing along the shore or simply spending time... Read More
September 2013 Employee Profile: Mike Ray | Coastal Fisheries Deputy Division Director Ed Hegen | Lower Coast Regional Director | Rockport "I got to Texas as soon as I could." I never actually heard Mike Ray say this, but I think... Read More
August 2013 Harvest Monitoring and Estimation of Landings Zaida Faye Hagar | CCA/TPWD Summer Intern | Aransas Bay Ecosystem | Rockport In 2011, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Coastal Fisheries Division estimated that more than 51,000 spotted seatrout and... Read More
July 2013 Water Spinach - Does it Pose a Threat to Texas Waterways? Robert Adami, Jr. | Natural Resources Specialist V | Corpus Christi Water Spinach (Ipomoea aquatic) is a popular green vegetable enjoyed by the Texas Asian American community. The plant is native... Read More