Local Cooperators and Facilities

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Gulf Coast Conservation Association Marine Development Center (TPWD-MDC)

• Website
• Waldron Rd.
• Corpus Christi, TX 78418
• (512) 939-7784
• Contact- Robert Vega
• Research Areas: stock enhancement of finfish, pond culture, water quality, hatchery culture, aquatic nutrition

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department at the Gulf Coast Conservancy Association/Central Power and Light (GCCA/CPL)-Marine Development Center in Flour Bluff, TX continues to play a very important role in supervising graduate student interns at the Corpus Christi fish hatchery. Dr. Robert Vega, Chief of Marine Hatcheries for TPWD, is also involved in student research conducted at the hatchery, lecturers in certain classes, and has served on several graduate committees.

Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Shrimp Mariculture Research Facility (TAES)

• Website
• 4301 Waldron Rd.
• Corpus Christi, TX 78418
• (512) 937-2268
• Contact- Dr. Tzachi Samocha
• Research Areas: larval rearing of penaeid shrimp, shrimp maturation/reproduction, and grow out pond water quality

Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Shrimp Mariculture Research Project (TAES-SMP)

• Website
• 1300 Port St.
• Port Aransas, TX 78373
• (512) 749-4625, ext. 221
• Contact- Ms. Patty Beasley

University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Fisheries and Mariculture Laboratory (UTMSI-FAML)

• Website
• 750 Channel View Drive
• Port Aransas, Texas 78373-5015
• (361) 749-6795
• Contact- Ms. Venus Mills
• Research Areas: spawning and rearing of marine finfish and crustaceans and opportunities for research utilizing captive animals

The University of Texas Marine Science Institute (Port Aransas, TX) has employed marine science and mariculture students since 1990 to conduct research in various areas of marine fish and shrimp culture. Drs. Alan Davis, and Joan Holt have funded 8 graduate students as well as given guest lectures at TAMU-CC.

Texas State Aquarium

• Website
• PO Box 331307
• Corpus Christi, TX
• (512) 881-1215
• Contact- Sarah Paige

Harlingen Shrimp Farms, Ltd.

• Route 3, 300K Centerline Rd.
• Los Fresnos, TX 78418
• (210) 233-5723
• Contact- Fritz Jaenike
• Research Areas: pond grow-out pond water quality, shrimp maturation/reproduction, larval rearing