July 2007 New and Improved Strategies Used to Increase the Survival Rates of Hatchery-reared Fishes Released Into the Wild Robert Vega, Ph.D. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) managers use the practice of "stock enhancement" as one of the tools to supplement... Read More
June 2007 Visiting the Arroyo Colorado Mark Lingo | Lower Laguna Madre Ecosystem Leader The Arroyo Colorado has been used by generations of anglers, boaters, and swimmers and remains a popular destination for visitors... Read More
May 2007 Bait Use 101 Art Morris | Outreach Specialist | Corpus Christi Field Station I would never have guessed that the fish that took my topwater while fishing the rocks off the Kenedy Ranch... Read More
April 2007 Technology for Fisheries Management Josh Harper | Matagorda Bay Fishery Biologist In high school, I hated math and utterly despised computers. In fact, the only class I ever came close to... Read More
March 2007 Spotted Seatrout in the Lower Laguna Madre Dr. Larry McKinney | Director Coastal Fisheries, TPWD A Regional Approach to Restoring a World Class FisheryPart II Management Issues The biological basis for developing a regionally based... Read More
February 2007 Spotted Seatrout in the Lower Laguna Madre: A Regional Approach to Restoring a World Class Fishery Dr. Larry McKinney | Director Coastal Fisheries, TPWD The spotted seatrout (SST) fishery of the Lower Laguna Madre (LLM) sustained by miles of remote and relatively untroubled seagrass... Read More
January 2007 Evolution of Fisheries Management - An example in Texas Rebecca Hensley | Galveston Bay Ecosystem Leader Many people once believed that fisheries resources were unlimited and couldn't be impacted by commercial or recreational harvest. As recreational... Read More
December 2006 All In The Family Norman Boyd 1) spotted seatrout and red drum,2) no preference,3) spotted seatrout,4) red drum,5) spotted seatrout, red drum and flounder,No, that's not... Read More
November 2006 Studying Seagrasses is a Matter of Perspective Dennis Pridgen (TPWD Biologist - Rockport) and Leslie Williams (TPWD Biologist - Dickinson) Seagrass seems to be a common buzzword among coastal anglers these days, and with good reason. Where they exist, seagrass... Read More
October 2006 Fewer Crabs – Fewer Fish Glenn Sutton | Natural Resource Specialist | Dickinson Marine Lab Texas blue crab populations have declined significantly in the last few years. In fact, last year's harvests were the lowest... Read More