Population Studies of the Sports and Commercial Fin-fish and Forage Species of the San Antonio Bay System - Analysis of Populations of Sports and Commercial Fin-fish and of Factors which Affect these Populations in the Coastal Bays of Texas

Fish sampling data seems to indicate a decrease in numbers of Speckled Trout during the study period with an accompanying increase of Redfish and Black Drum. Flounder appear to remain unchanged in population density. A total of 399 fish were tagged during the study period. Numbers of each species tagged were 52 Speckled Trout, 214 Redfish, 119 Black Drum, and 14 Flounder. There were 20 tag returns. The two most abundant of the forage species were croaker and anchovies.