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...

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...

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...

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...