Gulf of Mexico Trust

Ultimately our efforts are to ensure that vital coastal habitats can remain intact and healthy for generations to come.

GOMT is working with HRI to raise awareness for and identify funding to support efforts that STOP ILLEGAL FISHING. Watch the video to learn the impacts of illegal fishing and how the work to fight against it is essential for the Gulf of Mexico to thrive. 

Our partner, Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies (Michael Wetz), is hiring a Program Coordinator for Clean Coast Texas, an initiative of the Texas General Land Office that aims to help coastal communities in Texas sustain strong economies through planning, constructed improvements, environmental analysis, technical resources, and partnership activities that enhance water quality management. Find out more at https://lnkd.in/gT8sHsBk

Along with Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation, Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute-Texas A&M University Kingsville, and other partners, we’re proud to announce the premiere of Chasing the Tide, a six-part documentary series airing on PBS stations across Texas starting October 5th and available for free on the PBS app.

GOMT is working with the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies in their pursuit of a grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation that would support design work on nature-based projects addressing flood mitigation and stormwater drainage in and around Kingsville and Baffin Bay watershed.

On Monday, Executive Director Jay Kleberg joined San Antonio Bay Partnership in their annual San Antonio Bay Shorelines Cleanup event. In the five years the week-long cleanup has taken place, volunteers have collected 40,000 pieces of litter and 10,000 plastic bottles on the shores of San Antonio & Espiritu Santo Bays, Lavaca Bay, Aransas Bay, & Matagorda Bay, and the Guadalupe River.  Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Audubon Texas - National Audubon Society, International Crane Foundation, Coastal Bend Bays Foundation, Texas Water Trade, Texas Water Development Board, San Antonio River Authority, Keep Texas Beautiful, Jace Tunnell

The health of coastal ecosystems & the safety of coastal communities are linked. Contiguous wetland complexes, land protected from development, healthy oyster reefs, & living shorelines are important to the natural assets that provide ongoing benefits to communities on the coast

GOMT is working with oyster farmers and agency representatives to pursue efficiencies in the oyster aquaculture permitting process to alleviate critical issues that impede new oyster farms on the Texas Gulf Coast.

Did you know the trash piles up along Texas' coastal areas ten times faster than any other Gulf Coast state? GOMT is working with other organizations and partners to launch a statewide trash cleanup in 2025. Stay tuned for details to come!

In addition to our work supporting a $300 million regional wastewater treatment plant in Nueces County, GOMT is pursuing funding for a study of wastewater treatment infrastructure on the Texas Coast.