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February 11, 2024

TPWD Opens Oyster Harvest In Aransas Bay

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) will open TX-29 and TX-30 in Aransas Bay to commercial and recreational oyster harvest beginning 12:01 a.m. Monday, Feb. 12. Based on samples recently collected by TPWD, TX-29 and […]
April 18, 2023

TPWD Announces Oyster Closure In Matagorda Bay

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) closed TX-19 and TX-20 in Matagorda Bay to commercial and recreational oyster harvest on Tuesday, April 11, 2023. This closing is based on samples recently collected by TPWD showing […]
February 15, 2023

TPWD Closes Another Area To Oystering

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is closing TX-29 in Aransas Bay to commercial and recreational oyster harvest beginning at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023.  This area was split at the beginning of the […]
November 10, 2022

TPWD Makes Major Move On Oyster Harvest

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission (TPW) approved two oyster regulation changes at its Nov. 3 meeting. These new regulations prohibit oyster harvest in Carlos Bay, Mesquite Bay and Ayres Bay (Mesquite Bay complex) and temporarily […]
April 20, 2022

CCA Addresses TPW Commission Action On Oysters

This article is from CCA Coastal Advocacy Director Shane Bonnot in response to a recent Texas Parks & Wildlife Commission action. At the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission meeting on March 24, 2022, the Commission withdrew closure of […]
January 11, 2022

Oyster Harvest Closed In Aransas Bay

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) closed TX-32 in Aransas Bay to commercial and recreational oyster harvest beginning as if 12:01 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. This closing is based on samples recently collected by […]
October 11, 2016

Round Two on the Galveston Oyster Battle

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 […]