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 […]

August 17, 2022

New Intel from CCA STAR

There are not many days left in the 2022 CCA Texas STAR Tournament, and we have too many unclaimed prizes still swimming out there, which means y’all have an excellent opportunity to catch that fish of […]

July 26, 2022

CCA STAR Tournament-Insights From Insiders

“Where did you release those tagged redfish?” This is easily the question I get asked the most from curious STAR registrants. We all know how big Texas is, from South Padre Island all the way up […]

June 23, 2022

First Tagged Redfish Caught In STAR Tournament

Marco Rocha of Austin, TX is the FIRST CERTIFIED WINNER of the 2022 Texas Ford Dealer’s RED-Tagged Redfish Division in the CCA-Texas STAR Tournament. Mr. Rocha will be awarded a 2022 Ford F-150 “Texas Edition” XLT […]

May 25, 2022

Bringing Back Baffin Bay (Video)

Dr. Mike Wetz joins CCA Texas Coastal Advocacy Director to highlight a new initiative called Bringing Baffin Back. Bringing Baffin Back (BBB) is a sustained commitment to dramatically improve the health of Baffin Bay and the […]

May 18, 2022

A Look At Stocking Flounder Fingerlings

Flounder, Paralichthys lethostigma (meaning parallel fish that forgot its spots), are one of the more peculiar fish native to the Eastern and Gulf Coasts of the United States. As juveniles and adults, they can survive in […]

December 8, 2021

CCA Applauds EPA On Galveston-Area Decision

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has made the decision to remove the toxic dioxin waste from the San Jacinto Waste Pits Superfund Site in Channelview, Texas. The cleanup plan, officially approved on October 11, will protect […]

November 17, 2021

CCA, Flatsworthy & Others Address Oyster Issue

CCA Texas, FlatsWorthy and numerous committed conservation groups sent a letter to the chair of the Texas Parks & Wildlife Commission about issues regarding Texas oyster reefs. Read the full letter below. November 11, 2021 The […]

June 17, 2021

Celebrating The Snapper Comeback

Editor’s Note: In today’s e-newsletter we goofed on running an older release on the snapper issue.. When we caught the mistake, we decided to give out this information again that red snapper are back in the […]

April 22, 2021

CCA Says The Release Matters

Nearly four million finfish were killed during the 2021 Texas Winter Storm. Non-recreational species constituted 91 percent of the total mortality in numbers, and spotted seatrout dominated the remaining 9 percent of game species that were […]

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