How to Measure Fish

Lee Schoech
Throughout the summer, as an intern for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Coastal Fisheries Division, I learned many biological...

Fisheries in Berlin

Ed Hegen
Dateline: Berlin, Germany, August 2011. Germans and Berliners are remembering the 50-year anniversary of the erection of the wall that...

What’s In a Fish Name?

Josh Harper | Natural Resource Specialist | Palacios Field Station | Palacios, Texas
So a Texan, a Cajun, and a Mexican go fishing together, and pretty soon the Texan catches a large croaking...

Seeing Red?

Noemi Matos | TPWD – Coastal Fisheries | Resource Specialist Brownsville Field Station | Brownsville, TX
Red tide was likely first documented by the Spaniards in 1530. Spanish explorer Nunez De Vaca recorded stories by Florida...

Gill Net Wrangler

Jenny Detert | TPWD Coastal Fisheries Division | Summer Intern | Palacios, Texas
First day of my internship, up at the crack of dawn, I am awed by the sun's rays rising from...