Texas coastal areas will be closed to fishing due to freeze Matt Wyatt, Staff writer
Areas on the Texas coast are being closed to fishing while an arctic blast sweeps much of the country, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department announced Saturday.
The closure will take effect at midnight on Monday through 11:59 p.m. Tuesday. The high mortality that a freeze can cause may deplete fish stocks for years, Robin Riechers, director of TPWD’s coastal fisheries division, said in a release. Protection of the surviving fish during the few days when they are especially vulnerable to capture would likely shorten the time period for overall recovery of coastal species, especially spotted sea trout.