Fish stocking in Texas Bays: 1975-1988

Date

1989

Authors

Dailey, J.

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Publisher

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Coastal Fisheries Branch

Abstract

In 1988, 67,610,285 red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) eggs, fry and fingerlings were stocked into Texas bays. Matagorda Bay received 14,127,903 fry and fingerling spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus). Galveston Bay received 4,464,400 striped bass (Morone saxatilis) fry and 313,454 fingerlings. The Brazos River received 570 striped bass fingerlings.

Description

28 pgs.

Keywords

stocking, marine fish, spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus, red drum, Sciaenops ocellata, freshwater fish, striped bass, Morone saxatilis

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