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GRIHMS uses acoustic and satellite telemetry along with natural tracers to study habitat requirements, life history, and movement cology of highly migratory species

Huge shoutout to our Summer 2026 GRIHMS Fellows, Evelyn, Jose, and Gabriel! 🐟These three worked hard all summer assistin...
08/28/2026

Huge shoutout to our Summer 2026 GRIHMS Fellows, Evelyn, Jose, and Gabriel! 🐟

These three worked hard all summer assisting in various GRIHMS projects. Some highlights include: Evelyn and Jose spendng 5 days offshore servicing receivers in FGBNMS and catching young of year tuna with GRIHMS graduate student Natalie. Gabriel working closely with Dr. Alvarado's lab on TAMUG campus and learning new genetic skills. All three summer fellows participated in multiple tagging trips for cobia and tripletail and helped collect and process fish from dockside sampling efforts.

Good luck this semester — big things ahead for all of you!

🎣🚨Attention Anglers🚨🎣We’re excited to announce the launch of a Gulf-wide Cobia & Tripletail High Dollar Reward Tagging P...
08/18/2026

🎣🚨Attention Anglers🚨🎣

We’re excited to announce the launch of a Gulf-wide Cobia & Tripletail High Dollar Reward Tagging Program, made possible through funding from the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission and the collaboration of researchers and partners from across the Gulf Coast.
Over the next few months, hundreds of Cobia and Tripletail will be tagged to help us better understand their movement patterns, habitat use, survival and connectivity throughout the Gulf. Every angler who reports a tagged fish contributes directly to the success of this research.

Anglers who return a tag will receive a $250 reward 💵
Simply:
✅ Clip and mail in the tag.
✅ Report your catch (link in profile)
✅ If the fish is harvested, please return the acoustic tag as well.

Please help us spread the word by sharing this post. The more anglers who know about these reward tags, the more successful this project will be.
Thank you for helping advance fisheries science and conserve our Gulf fisheries!

Congratulations and Gig’Em to Dr. Brett Sweezey 🎓Brett graduated in August 2026 and has started a job with Gray’s Reef N...
08/13/2026

Congratulations and Gig’Em to Dr. Brett Sweezey 🎓

Brett graduated in August 2026 and has started a job with Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary as Research Program Specialist. Best of luck and congrats🦈

Busy week on the ocean servicing receivers in Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary and catching fish for Natali...
08/11/2026

Busy week on the ocean servicing receivers in Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary and catching fish for Natalie’s PhD project.

July photo dump featuring the GRIHMS interns.
07/28/2026

July photo dump featuring the GRIHMS interns.

Meet the GRIHMS summer 2026 fellows! Jose, Evelyn, and Gabriel are current A&M Galveston undergraduates that have a pass...
06/22/2026

Meet the GRIHMS summer 2026 fellows! Jose, Evelyn, and Gabriel are current A&M Galveston undergraduates that have a passion for the marine fish. Follow along to see if we can check off all the "bucket list" items by the end of summer.

Strong finish! Congratulations to Brett Sweezey for successfully defending his PhD titled “Spatiotemporal Movement, Habi...
05/19/2026

Strong finish! Congratulations to Brett Sweezey for successfully defending his PhD titled “Spatiotemporal Movement, Habitat Use, and Trophic Ecology of Three Sympatric Shark Species at FlowerGarden Banks National Marine Sanctuary"🦈

After years of hard work and strategy, Brett officially secured the win!

04/22/2026

"An understanding of the natural world is a source of not only great curiosity, but great fulfilment." -Sir David Attenborough

Happy Earth Day 🌎

I spy 👀...Did you know tarpon, ladyfish and bonefish (and even eels, for those keeping count) begin life as transparent,...
03/31/2026

I spy 👀...
Did you know tarpon, ladyfish and bonefish (and even eels, for those keeping count) begin life as transparent, ribbon-like larvae called leptocephali? Undergraduate students collected this leptocephali during Ichthyology lab learning various sampling techniques. While this specimen turned out to be ladyfish, tarpon leptocephali look remarkably similar. It’s a dramatic reminder of how tarpon transform from nearly invisible drifters into large, migratory species.

Olympic season has us inspired 🥇🔥Here are a few non-Olympic sports we’re pretty sure we’d medal in…
02/20/2026

Olympic season has us inspired 🥇🔥
Here are a few non-Olympic sports we’re pretty sure we’d medal in…

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