Texas200 Sail Club is proud to announce the running of the 5th annual Texas200. The five-day, four-night sail event will begin on June 11th and finish the 15th in Seadrift Texas. Sailors will launch from Port Isabel, Texas and sail approximately 200 miles up the South central Texas Coast. Seadrift was chosen once again because […]

Where: George R. Brown Convention Center, 1001 Avenida De Las Americas (Located in downtown Houston) Exhibit Hall A, Houston Texas, 77010, 713-853-8000 When: Starts Wednesday, February 29th and lasts 5 days through Sunday, March 4th Hours: Wednesday through Friday 12:00 noon to 9:00 p.m. Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Sunday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 […]

Lavaca Bay areas 1-3 are open to commercial oyster harvest as of 12:01 a.m. February 2. These conditionally approved areas and Espiritu Santo Bay are the only bays currently open to shellfish harvesting at this time. The Texas Department of State Health Services will continue to monitor the red tide and will open other areas […]

Red tides are caused by an overgrowth of a microscopic algal species called Karenia brevis. K. brevis is a naturally-occurring alga in the Gulf of Mexico that can discolor the water and kill fish and other marine life. Filter-feeding shellfish such as oysters, whelks, clams and mussels concentrate K. brevis in their tissues, which can […]