COASTAL BAY TEAM 1: A coastal fishing tournament that 
helps improve coastal fisheries ... details ahead on 
Passport to Texas.
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Passport to Texas from Texas Parks and Wildlife and the 
Sport Fish Restoration Program

Skilled anglers, come participate in the Coastal Fisheries 
Bay Team Tournaments and help Texas Parks and Wildlife 
catch southern flounder and spotted sea trout for its 
hatchery breeding programs. The first two tournaments 
are scheduled April 8 and 22.

The event is basically for the community to help us collect 
brood stock for our hatchery program. And we're going to be 
collecting spotted sea trout the first two events in April down in 
South Padre and Corpus Christi. :13

Robert Adami oversees the program, which helps to 
improve coastal fisheries. Each Coastal Fisheries Bay 
Team tournament is open to 30 two-person teams, on a 
first-come, first-serve basis.

To enter into the event, you've got to come register on site to 
be able to participate. We're not doing any kind of phone in 
registration or anything like that. You've got to be onsite so 
that we know we have X number of people out there fishing at 
that given time. :14

The first event will be at the Sea Ranch Marina on South 
Padre Island. 

In a way, the anglers are going to be giving something back. We 
all like to go fishing, and we take ... take ... take ... And this is a 
good way for someone to help give back to the natural 
resource. :10

Tomorrow: landing prizes for reeling in fish. 

That's our show ... .The Sport Fish Restoration Program 
supports our series ... and also helps to fund Sea Center 
Texas in Lake Jackson.

For Texas Parks and Wildlife ... I'm Cecilia Nasti.