(This program was rescheduled from 7/20/22)

The Texas Parks and Wildlife (TPWD) Artificial Reef program was established in 1990 with a guiding mission to develop, maintain, promote and enhance the artificial reef potential in Texas Coastal waters. Funded through industry partners and grants, the program has established almost 100 reef sites that run along the Texas coast and include locations in both state and federal waters. These reefs include sunken ships, prefabricated concrete pyramids, culverts and a myriad of other suitable materials. During this Zoom presentation we’ll get a fish-eye-view of some of our larger artificial reefs and learn the science behind our monitoring program.

J. Brooke Shipley received her Ph.D. in Marine Sciences from the University of South Alabama.  While in graduate school she was awarded an American Fisheries Society / National Sea Grant Office fellowship pertaining to aquatic protected areas and culminating in the publication of the symposium proceedings where Brooke was the editor.  Additionally, she has been published in the Gulf of Mexico Science Journal, Fisheries, and the Journal of Information & Knowledge Management, to name a few.  She is currently employed by the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department as the chief scientist for the Artificial Reef Program where she manages the biological monitoring and science grants for the program.