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Gulf Shrimp Season Closing on Saturday, May 15, 2021 AUSTIN – The Gulf of Mexico commercial shrimp season for both Texas and federal waters will close 30 minutes after sunset on Saturday, May 15, 2021until a still-to-be determined date in July. While the statutory opening date for the gulf season is July 15, the Coastal Fisheries Division of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) will be sampling shrimp populations this summer to determine the optimum opening date. In order to allow brown shrimp to reach a larger and more valuable size prior to harvest, the shrimp fishery is closed ...

Winter weather the week of Feb. 14, 2021 led to fish kill events on the entire Texas coast. If fish do not make it to a refuge in deeper, more temperature stable water during cold weather, they may die when water temperatures reach a certain threshold. After the first fish kill was reported in the Lower Laguna Madre, Texas Parks and Wildlife (TPWD) biologists began the process of assessing kills across multiple bay systems on the coast. Impacts to Fish from Feb. 2021 Event   An estimated minimum of 3.8 million fish were killed on the Texas coast during the Feb. 2021 freeze event. This fish...

At least 3.8 million fish killed by winter weather on Texas coast

If fish do not make it to a refuge in deeper, more temperature stable water during cold weather, they may die when water temperatures reach a certain threshold. After the first fish kill was reported in the Lower Laguna Madre, Texas Parks and Wildlife (TPWD) biologists began the process of assessing kills across multiple bay systems on the coast. Impacts to Fish from Feb. 2021 Event  An estimated minimum of 3.8 million fish were killed on the Texas coast during the Feb. 2021 freeze event. This fish kill consisted of at least 61 species. Non-recreational species contributed to 91% of the tota...

At least 3.8 million fish on Texas coast killed by winter storm, TPWD says Upper and Lower Laguna Madre bays in South Texas were hit the hardest Updated:  Tags:  Substantial coastal flooding seen at Padre Island National Seashore. (National Park Service Photos) SAN ANTONIO – The winter freeze killed nearly 4 million fish along the Texas coast in what officials are calling the largest fish kill event since the 1980s. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department officials released the grim news on Wednesday, nearly a month after fish began dying off due to the water’s frigid temperatures. The Uppe...