Study on the Effects of the Closure of the Brown Cedar Cut - Analysis of Populations of Sports and Commercial Fin-Fish and of Factors Which Affect These Populations in the Coastal Bays of Texas
Date
1965
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Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Abstract
Brown Cedar Cut, a natural pass into East Matagorda Bay, closed in March 1964. A study was immediately begun to determine the effects of this closing on the fisheries of East Matagorda Bay. White shrimp, Penaeus setiferus; brown shrimp, P. aztecus; speckled trout, Cyniscion nebulosus; redfish, Sciaenops ocellata; black drum, Pogonias cromis; souther flounder, Paralichthys lethostigmus; sheepshead, Archosargus probatocephalus; and forage species were found in the study area.
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pages 425-434; available for download at the link below.
Keywords
fish population, Matagorda Bay, Brown Cedar Cut, population survey