The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is closing TX-1 in Galveston Bay to commercial and recreational oyster harvest beginning at 12:01 a.m. Jan. 17, 2023. This area was previously closed on Jan. 7 by the […]
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is closing TX-1, TX-5 and TX-7 in Galveston Bay and TX-24 in Espiritu Santo Bay to commercial and recreational oyster harvest beginning at 12:01 a.m. Monday, Dec. 13, 2021. […]
The Nature Conservancy today announced it will help struggling oyster farmers impacted by COVID-19 and the economic downturn by purchasing 5 million surplus oysters and using them in nearby oyster restoration projects. The initiative is done […]
Officials with the Coastal Conservation Association (CCA) have issued a call to action for their membership and other Texas coastal anglers. Since 2008 the public oyster reefs in Texas have been continuously overfished by the commercial […]
You can bet there will be an appeal Many Galveston Bay fishermen are relieved after State District Judge, Lonnie Cox, voided a controversial lease that privatized 23,000 acres of the Galveston Bay. Sustainable Texas Oyster Resource […]