Oyster season got off to a sluggish start this month with only nine out of Texas’ 29 public harvest areas open to commercial fishers. And last Thursday, the Parks and Wildlife Commission voted to ...

In early November, Texas Parks and Wildlife permanently closed three bays on the Gulf Coast to oyster fishing. TPR’s Jerry Clayton recently spoke with Christine Jensen, Galveston Bay Ecosystem Leader ...

AUSTIN — Texas Parks and Wildlife commissioners Thursday voted unanimously to close three bays permanently to oyster fishing after listening to hours of testimony against the closures from oyster ...

Many of the boats docked at Prestige Oysters Inc. in Hopedale are from Texas. 'Most of your people here are just starting to come back after Katrina, and then you've got an influx of out-of-state ...

The commercial fishing industry, one of Long Island’s oldest economic sectors, is getting a lot of attention from Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine. Romaine calls commercial fishing, where Long ...