AUSTIN Storms and flooding that hurt oyster production on Texas coasts will lead to a limited opening of commercial and recreational public oyster harvest areas during the upcoming season, Nov. 1-April 30. Due to sampling surveys that identified oyster reefs with low abundances of market-sized oysters, Texas Parks and... read full story
"Oysters form an important habitat that provides many ecosystem services as well as a fisheries resources, and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is working hard to balance the protection and restoration of wild oysters with the needs of the commercial oyster industry,"