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CCA Texas and Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program Host Volunteer Marsh Grass Planting Day

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CCA Texas and Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program Host Volunteer Marsh Grass Planting Day

“Protecting and restoring fish habitat is critically important”

Between 70 and 80 volunteers showed up on Saturday, December 4, 2010 to take part in a volunteer marsh grass planting day at the Nueces Bay marsh restoration project located between Portland and Corpus Christi along U.S. Highway 181’s Portland Causeway. This project, led by Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program (CBBEP), will eventually restore approximately 160 acres of lost marsh. CCA Texas’s habitat initiative, Habitat Today for Fish Tomorrow (HTFT), has contributed $24,000 to the project. These funds include $10,000 raised by CCA Texas volunteers in the banquet fundraising process, $10,000 secured by HTFT from the FishAmerica Foundation and $4,000 secured by HTFT from West Marine. Read More

March 7, 2012

CCA Texas Takes Bold Step in Opening Cedar Bayou

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CCA Texas Takes Bold Step in Opening Cedar Bayou

$500,000 pledge kicks off multi-million dollar fundraising campaign

Aransas County, Texas – The Coastal Conservation Association Texas recently announced a $500,000 matching grant to initiate a new push in generating the funding to open Aransas County’s Cedar Bayou and Vincent Slough. After decades of negative impacts from siltation and low water flows, an estimated $6.5M effort will be required to open the vital connection from Mesquite and Aransas Bays to the Gulf of Mexico. Read More

February 21, 2012

Council Takes Action in Gulf Habitat Protection

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CCA Applauds Council Action to Protect Gulf Habitat

Anglers have high hopes for debate over value of artificial structure

A motion made at the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council meeting last week in Mobile, Alabama, could be the first step to protecting what has been regarded as the largest man-made reef in the world – the vast forest of energy-related structures in the offshore waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Dr. Bob Shipp’s request to have Council staff clarify the definition of what qualifies as artificial structure could pave the way for rigs and other vital reefs to be classified as Essential Fish Habitat. Read More

February 13, 2012

11th Texas Abandoned Crab Trap Removal Program

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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

TPWD’s 11^thTexas Abandoned Crab Trap Removal Program runs from Feb 17-26. During the 10 day period, all Texas bays will be closed to crabbing with crab traps, and any left in the bay will be presumed to be abandoned and considered litter under state law, thus allowing volunteers to legally remove any found crab traps. Read More

February 1, 2012

HTFT Take Part in Nueces Bay Marsh Restoration

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CCA Texas / HTFT contributed $24,000 to the Nueces Bay 160-acre marsh restoration project, led by Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program (CBBEP).

This project is currently in the construction phase of work and will eventually restore approximately 160 acres of lost marsh along the Portland Causeway. CCA Texas has contributed $10,000, and through the efforts of the HTFT initiative, has secured another $10,000 from the Fish America Foundation and $4,000 from West Marine’s Marine Conservation Grant program. Read More

November 7, 2010

Oysters Rockefeller

By ccatexRecipes

OYSTERS ROCKEFELLER

Photo by: Wikipedia

4 dozen oysters and shells / 2 boxes frozen spinach, cooked and cleaned / 1 bunch green onions / 1 bunch parsley / 1 stalk celery / 1 pound butter, melted / 1 1/2 cup breadcrumbs / 3 T worcestershire sauce / 1 T anchovy paste / salt to taste / dash of tabasco / 1/2 t anise seeds

/ 3/4 cup breadcrumbs / 3/4 cup parmesan / rock salt

Preheat oven to 450. Blend all greens in food processor. With machine on, gradually add melted butter and breadcrumbs. Add Worcestershire, anchovy paste, salt, Tabasco, and anise. Place rock salt on cookie sheet, oyster shells on salt, 1-2 oysters per shell. Put oysters in oven without sauce until they start to curl. Drain water from each shell, then cover each with Rockefeller sauce. Sprinkle with cheese and breadcrumbs and bake at 450 until bubbly and brown. Serve hot.

March 28, 2010