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The Harte Research Institute is offering a free online program on oyster farming through a $5.1 million TCEQ grant. Harte Research Institute offers free program to encourage sustainable oyster farming
Several Coastal Bend residents were named to a state advisory board for commercial oyster mariculture, an industry with local connections.
For the second year in a row, Texas has closed the majority of its public oyster reefs for harvesting due to declining populations. Wildlife officials say these dwindling numbers are caused by ...
Commercial oyster farming was common in the bay until 1995, when the Texas Department of State Health Services suspended the practice, due to an unhealthy annual average zinc level of nearly 2500 mg/kg in oysters, [24] which as filter feeders, are affected by high levels of zinc in the water.
The Texas Farm Bureau was established in 1933. [6] During the Great Depression, Texas Farm Bureau was reorganized as the “Texas Agricultural Association” on March 6, 1934, in Dallas. In 1938, Texas Agricultural Association members voted to move the headquarters 90 miles (140 km) south to Waco. The organization operated for seven years under ...
By this time, the meatpacking industry near Aransas Bay reached its prime. Prior to the decline of the industry in the area, in 1880, 93% of the beef from Texas slaughterhouses were processed in Rockport-Fulton. [2] Along with fishing, oyster farming and most notably shrimping became major industries on the bay in the early 20th century.
Oct. 25—AUSTIN — Per regulation, the Texas commercial and recreational public oyster harvest season opens Nov. 1 and closes April 30, 2024. In an effort to protect and restore oyster reefs ...
The leading industries in the region are oyster farming, fish processing and the chemical industry. [22] The southwestern shore and much of Matagorda Island are protected within the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. [23]