Your contribution will provide us with the proper gear for gonad sampling trips. We work with local anglers to find the best spots for sampling, which we use to assess egg production during the spawning season. These sampling trips allow us to learn about fish behavior and locations from fishers, and teach fishers how to take scientific samples. Fishers enhance our work and are integral to our research.

Each hydroacoustic survey costs $100. Your support ensures that we will be able to go out and conduct an extensive survey of the Aransas Channel using our state-of-the-art Echosounder.

Your gift allows us to engage our local fishing community in our research. $500 will provide our program with one day on the water with a local fishing guide, where we can gather reproductive samples for histology and otoliths (fish ear bones) used for aging.

Your contribution will help buy an underwater microphone, the most important part of a hydrophone. The microphone itself is covered in antifouling paint, attached to a sophisticated computer in an airtight canister, and set to record for one minute every ten minutes. This allows us to listen in on spawning activity throughout the bays and channels surrounding Port Aransas. Our lab will send you a personalized, signed postcard thanking you for your generous gift.

Your generous gift will provide us with one fully funded year of hydroacoustic surveys! Our lab is happy to send you a personalized postcard and add your name to our list of donors on our website.

Your generous gift will allow us to conduct hydroacoustic surveys for two entire years. This allows for our research to be robust, long term, and financially secure – every scientist’s dream! On your next trip to Port Aransas, please join us for a boat trip.