Texas State Fish Hatcheries
Hatcheries
comprise an important component of freshwater fisheries management at Texas
Parks & Wildlife Department. Hatchery-reared fish are used to establish
new populations, enhance existing populations, support research efforts, and
maintain fisheries in small urban reservoirs where natural production will
not meet anglers' needs.
Saltwater
Marine Enhancement Director
- Robert Vega - red drum, spotted seatrout, other marine species
Locations - Coastal
- CCA-CPL Marine Development Center, Corpus Christi
- Sea Center Texas, Lake Jackson
- P.R. Bass Marine Hatchery, Palacios
Statewide Research
Freshwater
Chief, Inland Hatcheries
Hatchery Program Directors
- Carl Kittel - black basses, sunfish, trout, forage species
- Gerald Kurten - catfishes, striped and hybrid striped bass, walleye and saugeye
Locations - Inland
- A.E. Wood Fish Hatchery, San Marcos
- Dundee Fish Hatchery, Electra
- Jasper Fish Hatchery, Jasper
- Possum Kingdom Fish Hatchery, Graford
- Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center, Athens
Statewide Support
- Fish Health and Genetics Laboratory, San Marcos
Information collection, reporting and research are produced with support from the federal Sport Fish Restoration program.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, 4200 Smith School Road, Austin, TX 78744