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GULF SNAPPER COUNT - A three year independent study led by Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi reports there are three times as many Red Snapper in the Gulf of Mexico than previously thought.
Fishery scientists expected to find about 36 million snapper in Gulf waters. So they counted and counted and counted and the final tally? A surprising 110 million. Shane Bonnot is the Advocacy director for the
Texas Coastal Conservation Association. He says not only did the twelve million dollar study discover Red Snapper around underwater pipelines, but also in open water. So those are those mystery fish that have always been out there we just haven t been able to locate them through traditional fish survey techniques, Shane Bonnot, Advocacy Director-Texas Coastal Conservation Association
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TPR s Jerry Clayton recently spoke with Shane Bonnot, advocacy director for the Texas Coastal Conservation Association, about the widespread fish kills on the Texas Coast during the recent winter storm.
Jerry Clayton: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is expected to release their report next week on the massive number of fish deaths that occurred along the Texas coast during the recent winter storm. How widespread is the impact along the Texas coast?
Shane Bonnot: The whole coast was affected, but for the large parts of Sabine in Galveston Bay, didn t see significant fish kills. However, when you get to east Matagorda Bay is when you really start to see the effects. And as you move down the coast, those effects are amplified. And certainly the lower Laguna Madre, it is quite evident that we had a significant event here.