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February 27, 2024

CCA-TX Commits Funds To Game Warden’s Cabin

CCA Texas has a long history of supporting TPWD Game Wardens up and down the Texas coast. This support often comes in the form of equipment, intern salaries, and in this particular grant, a floating cabin […]
January 22, 2024

CCA Buys Boat For Bringing Back Baffin Initiative

The Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies (HRI) submitted a proposal to CCA Texas requesting $80,000 for a Haynie 23′ Big Foot bay boat. Since 2013, HRI has led a monitoring program in Baffin […]
December 5, 2023

Rebuilding Reefs: The Oyster Project

Oysters. Often overlooked and greatly underestimated. Oysters play a vital role in our ecosystems, our recreational fisheries and our communities. Alongside an entire team of marine biologists and a stellar film crew – CCA, Mossy Oak […]
September 6, 2023

CCA Texas Pledges $5 Million For Oyster Restoration

The CCA Texas Executive Board recently pledged $5 million for oyster reef restoration across the Texas coast. With unanimous approval by all board members present at their August meeting, the CCA Texas board proudly dedicated the […]
July 26, 2023

The Is Why Texas Has a Strong Redfish Fishery

The Texas red drum, commonly known as redfish or simply “red,” has a storied history unique within the annals of fisheries management and coastal advocacy. Today’s anglers enjoy a vibrant and sustainable fishery made possible by […]
July 18, 2023

CCA-TX Issues Statement On Matagorda Ship Channel Project

The following is from the Coastal Conservation Association (CCA Texas) in regards to a major project involving the Matagorda Bay area. The Texas Chapter of the Coastal Conservation Association (CCA Texas) understands that the U.S. Army […]
April 11, 2023

Nearly One Billion Fingerlings Released Into Texas Bays (Video)

CCA Texas, Texas Parks and Wildlife, and industry leaders have built the largest saltwater redfish, spotted seatrout, and southern flounder hatchery system in the world releasing nearly 1 billion fingerlings into our Texas bays. Adult broodstock […]
March 7, 2023

CCA Breaks Down TX Saltwater Reg Proposals

In an effort to match recent federal water regulation changes, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission directed department staff to publish proposed regulation changes that may be of interest to offshore anglers. The first change would […]
January 3, 2023

CCA and Game Warden Interns

For more than 125 years, Texas Game Wardens have watched over the lands, waters, wildlife, and people of Texas. Every year Texas Game Wardens patrol over 10 million miles by vehicle and 130,000 hours by boat, […]
September 15, 2022

CCA Aids Baffin Project

The Coastal Conservation Association (CCA) recently made a generous funding commitment of $75,000 per year for three years to support Harte Research Institute of Gulf of Mexico Studies (HRI) at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi’s (TAMU-CC) Baffin Bay Water Quality […]