For years, they ruled the waters of Port Aransas, Texas. So magnificent and so plentiful that they lured fishermen from all over the country. And then, almost inexplicably, the great Gulf fish known as the tarpon disappeared. Where did they go?
LINK (via: Texas Monthly)
Apparently nothing was learned from the demise of Tarpon (and Snook) from the mid coast of Texas. The Port of Corpus Christi, and the state of Texas, continue to dredge new deeper channels and reduce freshwater inflows to the bays – further altering habitat, hydrology, and salinities. It’s literally a “death by a thousand cuts”.