TPW TV -- WARDENS ON WATER: learn about game wardens 
who enforce law in the gulf ... on Passport to Texas.

This is Passport to Texas

Meet game wardens who spend their time enforcing law 
in the Gulf of Mexico this month on the TPW PBS TV 
series. Alan Fisher produced the story.

67 -- Coming up the week of October 28th is a story called "The 
Gulf Wardens." It's basically a ride along with the game wardens 
who spend their time guarding the Gulf of Mexico. What does 
something like that entail? For me it meant a week on a boat -- a 
week on a 65 foot boat. Sgt. James Dunks gets a crew of 
volunteer game wardens from the area to staff his boat, and go 
out on the gulf, and enforce the shrimp and fishery laws. This is 
our shrimp patrol that we do for about two months 
straight -- we do weeklong shifts. We patrol the Gulf of 
Mexico for any type of shrimp violation or fishery violation, 
or basically anything else we come across. What did you learn 
from your time on the boat? It was an education They have very 
varied jobs. They're out there checking shrimp boats, and 
making sure everyone is complying with the law, but they also 
never really know what they're going to encounter. And so, for 
people who are watching this segment, what do you want them 
to take away? With the Gulf oil spill recently, I think people are 
more aware of how fragile our gulf resources are. So, it's a neat 
opportunity to meet some folks who are out there protecting 
those resources.

Our show receives support from the SFWR program, 
working to increase fishing and hunting opportunities in 
Texas.

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












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