We are excited to announce our 23rd year of the San Gabriel chapter banquet which will be held on August 7th at
the Sheraton in Georgetown! CCA was started in 1977 by a group of concerned fishermen in the Houston area,
and our chapter was started much the same in Georgetown during 2002. We look forward to seeing you in
August to help us celebrate 23 years of coastal conservation efforts driven in part, by funds we raise in
Williamson County. I think we can all agree, after what we’ve collectively experienced recently, it’s a blessing to
be able to assemble, say “Howdy” to a friend, and raise some funds for a good cause?
You may be wondering what a good cause is? CCA Texas recently approved $4,458,928 in funding for conservation
efforts along the Texas coast. This funding will support a range of initiatives, including oyster license buyback,
fish tagging research, habitat restoration, and coastal educational outreach programs. As part of an initiative to
right-size the overcapitalized public reef oyster fishery, $1 million was allocated to support oyster license buyback
efforts, which will be facilitated by Texas Parks and Wildlife. This substantial funding will help launch an
innovative license buyback approach, expected to roll out in spring 2025.
Additionally, the CCA Texas Board approved $588,000 to support tarpon tagging efforts led by the Gulf Research
Institute for Highly Migratory Species (GRIHMS) at Texas A&M University – Galveston. This funding will enable
a five-year expansion of GRIHMS’ ongoing research into the life history and migration ecology of tarpon, filling
critical data gaps to better understand migratory pathways, stock structure, and the environmental conditions that
define prime tarpon habitats—essential information for developing effective conservation strategies.
The Board also approved $101,152 to further support the citizen tagging partnership between CCA Texas and the
Center for Sportfish Science and Conservation at the Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Harte Research
Institute. These funds will be used for sportfish tagging, satellite tagging, and shore-based shark tagging efforts
at the Sharkathon catch-photo-release tournament. In addition, CCA Texas has committed $50,000 to the Harte
Research Institute to help quantify illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the northwestern Gulf
of Mexico.
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