What are we doing about golden alga now?
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is coordinating efforts to monitor fish kills caused by toxic golden alga, to research golden alga for better understanding and management, and to manage the recreational fisheries of Texas with river authorities, state agencies, and university researchers. TPWD Law Enforcement, Coastal Fisheries, and Inland Fisheries staff members have been involved in these efforts. Studies at two state fish hatcheries have resulted in control methods for golden alga at the pond level, however these methods are time and labor intensive and are not economically or ecologically feasible for application to natural systems. TPWD is ready to speed recovery of affected waterbodies through the use of several resource management strategies, including restocking of the fishery. Use of this strategy remains problematic, however, as long as the affected waterbody continues to experience periodic fish kills caused by the alga. Putting more fish into waters where they would
