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For many years, parrotfishes have been considered an essential tool for coral reef management as they are known for helping corals grow and survive by grazing on algae and cyanobacteria […]

The Deep Sea Roundup, the oldest fishing tournament on the Texas coast, will take place from July 11th to 14th at the Port Aransas Civic Center. This tournament has a […]

As any good angler knows, large pelagic fish are hard to track, and getting a grasp of their populations and the areas or habitats they prefer is even harder. In […]

In July of 2018, the Port of Corpus Christi announced they were seeking a permit for a desalinization plant proposed for construction on Harbor Island in Port Aransas, Texas that […]

Fish about the size of your thumbnail, called cryptobenthic fish, account for more than half of the fauna within coral reef ecosystems. A newly released study in the journal Coral […]

The mission of the Texas Gulf Coast Research Center is to conduct research, collaborate with partners and design programming to inform and address long and short term challenges facing the […]

We have several free educational programs this Winter (2024).  PORT ARANSAS Patton Center, 855 East Cotter Ave.  Our Public Lecture Series is back at UTMSI in our newly renovated Patton Center – […]

The University of Texas Marine Science Institute (UTMSI) regrets to announce the discontinuation of tours at the Amos Rehabilitation Keep (ARK) effective January 1, 2024, due to a change in […]

The Texas Gulf Coast Impact Grant Program is an internal funding mechanism meant to foster interdisciplinary collaborations and partnerships to solve scientific, technological, policy, and economic challenges facing the Texas […]

Patton Center in Port A & Bay Education Center in RockportDecember 25th – January 1stclosed ARK tours available by reservation Dec 29 & Dec 30 @10am