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Month: January 2002
Coastal Expos Set for Killeen, Kingsville, Victoria, Valley
KILLEEN, Texas — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will host five upcoming Coastal Expos for the public, starting with events in Killeen Nov. 10–11 and Kingsville Nov. 16–18. Similar expos will take place Feb. 3 in Victoria, Feb. 10 in Harlingen and Feb. 22–24...
Improved Red Tide Response Tracks Decline of Texas Bloom
AUSTIN, Texas — A red tide event that lingered along the coastal bend for nearly a month appears to have largely subsided, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife officials. Water samples taken in the Corpus Christi and Port Aransas areas have shown decreasing...
Public Reefing Program
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission Nov. 2 adopted new rules that pave the way for a public reefing program in the state’s nearshore waters. In a separate action, the Commission voted to adopt regulations governing offshore aquaculture. The new...
1944 Texas Clipper To Become Gulf of Mexico Artificial Reef
BEAUMONT, Texas — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has completed contractual negotiations for the Texas Clipper to become the first major addition to the department’s Ships-to-Reefs program in more than 30 years. In early spring 2007, the clipper will be sunk...
Everything Kayak! Expo Slated for Aransas Pass Nov. 4-5
ARANSAS PASS, Texas — Kayaks seem to be everywhere these days — sprouting from the roofs of SUVs and compact cars alike, dotting streams and lakes and bays across Texas. According to the Outdoor Industry Association, kayaking participation nationwide doubled between...
Second Round of Public Meetings Slated for Spotted Seatrout
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Coastal Fisheries biologists will host a second round of public meetings in late September to discuss regional management options for the Lower Laguna Madre spotted seatrout fishery. Meetings are slated for:...
Spotted Seatrout Management Options for Lower Laguna Madre
AUSTIN, Texas — Anglers in the Lower Laguna Madre could see spotted seatrout bag and size limits that are different from those in effect in other bay systems as early as September 2007. A regional management plan for the Lower Laguna Madre is one solution being...
Satellite Tracking Study To Shed Light on Tarpon Migration
AUSTIN, Texas — For many a veteran angler, the pinnacle of a fishing career comes with the explosion of chromed muscle that signals his first tarpon hook-up. That experience was once common on the Texas Gulf coast; so common, in fact, that through the 1950s, tarpon...
Record Sea Turtle Release Marks Kemp’s Ridley Comeback
TEPEHUAJES, Mexico — Mexican and U.S. scientists on June 28 marked the recovery of the Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle here with the largest single-day turtle release since the binational recovery project began decades ago, helping close to 240,000 four-inch hatchlings...