Texas Bays and Estuaries Meeting

The Texas Bays and Estuaries Meeting has brought together scientists, students, coastal managers, elected officials, and the interested public to share research relevant to the bay, estuary and nearshore environments of the Gulf of Mexico since the early 2000s.

Session Topics:

• Restoration
• Fish and Fisheries
• Invertebrate Ecology
• Vertebrate Science
• Habitats and Ecosystems
• Water Quality
• Sediment Processes and Hydrodynamics
• Policy and Economics
• Texas Gulf Coast Research Center Funded Projects (Special Session)
• Education, Citizen Science, and Communications

The 2025 Texas Bays and Estuaries Meeting will feature a special session on the Texas Gulf Coast Research Center at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute (UTMSI). The conference will be hosted by UTMSI and the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) at the Patton Marine Science Education Center on UTMSI’s campus. For more information about UTMSI and the Mission-Aransas NERR, please visit www.utmsi.utexas.edu and www.missionaransas.org.

This year’s meeting will also have a virtual viewing option through Zoom. Please note, that the virtual option will only allow presentation viewing and no interaction capabilities.