Turning the Tide on Oyster Mariculture in Texas
On Wednesday, July 10, the community is invited to the Texas Oyster Aquaculture Summit – A New Industry for Texas. The event includes speakers from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Del Mar College, Water Street Seafood Co., Harte Research Institute, Texas Parks & Wildlife, Coastal Conservation Association, along with Texas legislators. The summit will be held in the University Center, Anchor Ballroom, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The summit is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Read More...
Island University Hosts Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research Workshop
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi's Division of Research and Innovation's Office of Research Compliance hosted Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R)'s "At Your Doorstep: IRB 101" workshop on June 4, in the University Center. Read More...
Effort to Restore University Beach Came About as Result of Grad Student’s Thesis
The history of University Beach, which sits adjacent to Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, is a complex one, according to Deidre D. Williams, Conrad Blucher Institute for Surveying and Science Coastal Research Scientist. The restoration project came about in part as a result of years of planning and research for her thesis when she was in graduate school. The beach was restored in 2001 and continues to thrive to this day. Read More...
Texas’ Top Marine Scientists Rate the Coast a B-minus for Environmental Health
The Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi assembled a team of top marine researchers who studied the data to assign a letter grade to our coast’s well-being. Read More...
Report Red Snapper Tags, Help Researchers, Get a Reward
Gulf of Mexico fishermen out for Red Snapper starting June 1 will have an opportunity to contribute important data to one of the largest fisheries studies in the U.S. – and possibly snag a high-dollar reward in the process. Researchers with the Great Red Snapper Count, a project led by the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies’ Center for Sportfish Science and Conservation at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, have been out on the water all spring tagging and releasing 4,000 legal-sized Red Snapper in preparation for the recreational fishing season opener. Reported tags from recaptured fish will be worth $250 per fish. Fish that are double-tagged to estimate tag shedding rates are worth up to $500. Read More...
