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The federal government on Thursday announced the first three offshore wind energy leases in the Gulf of Mexico. Companies can now bid on the leases, which are located off the Texas and Louisiana ...

I remember riding on a 31-foot Bertram during one of my first offshore-fishing trips—I was ­getting soaking wet in the pre-dawn Texas darkness, my feet wedged against a cooler filled with ...

FILE - Man fishes near docked oil drilling platforms in Port Aransas, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) (Eric Gay, Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights ...

HOUSTON – Saltwater or freshwater, it’s all free on June 3 -- Texas Parks and Wildlife’s annual Free Fishing Day. Each year on the first Saturday in June, anglers across the state can cast a line sans ...

A strong breeze on a hot summer day. Is there anything better? Yes, actually. A proposal for a new, massive offshore wind energy farm bigger than the city of Houston promises to take that Gulf Coast ...

Gulf of Mexico – To call it a once-in-a-lifetime experience may be too generous because most people will never have an encounter like a group of Texas anglers did this week. Not only did they see a ...

GALVESTON — The federal government on Thursday announced the first-ever chance for companies to lease areas in the Gulf of Mexico to build wind farms, including two parcels roughly 30 miles off the ...