February 2012 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... Read More
January 2012 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... Read More
December 2011 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... Read More
November 2011 For the Love of Fins and Scales… Wendy Hammond Tabone A typical summer intern is usually a youthful college student looking for summer funds and hands-on experience. I am not... Read More
October 2011 What Diversity We Have James Sanchez, Summer Intern, Aransas Bay Ecosystem, Rockport Picture a beautiful morning along a shoreline in Aransas Bay. You get out of your boat for the days first... Read More
September 2011 Fish and Wildlife Technician Luis Uballe, Jr. - Fish and Wildlife Technician - Aransas Bay Ecosystem Team There is many a time that someone asks me, What do you do for a living? If I were to... Read More
August 2011 South Bay Seagrasses William E. Thompson, Natural Resource Specialist, and Mark Lingo, Ecosystem Leader, Brownsville Does the following scenario sound familiar to you? It is one of those picture perfect days. The sun is just... Read More
July 2011 Electronic Logbook Study in Port Aransas Alice Best | Program Specialist, Rockport If you're a regular at one of the many recreational docks in Port Aransas, you may have seen me, or... Read More
June 2011 Sharks for a Mile Bobby J. Johnson, Summer Intern, Rockport Marine Lab The adventure began at 6:00 a.m. May 28, 2010. Winds were calm and waves were non-existent. I was aboard the... Read More
May 2011 Texas Coast Freezes February 2011 Noemi Matos | Resource Specialist | Brownsville Field Station The Texas coastline experienced frigid temperatures between the mornings of Tuesday, February 1, and Saturday, February 5, 2011, as a... Read More