CCA Texas

Friday, October 9th, 2009

In April of this year, CCA Texas Executive Board approved a $25,000 commitment for the Vancouver Nearshore Reefing project off of the Freeport coast.  With the addition of a $60,000 grant for nearshore reefing from a private foundation and the donation off additional materials from Oldcastle Precast out of Brookshire, Texas, CCA Texas’ Habitat Today for Fish Tomorrow (HTFT) has reshaped the Vancouver project.  This project will now be a joint effort between HTFT, Oldcastle Precast, Dorsett Brothers Concrete and Texas Parks Wildlife Department (TPWD).

In addition to the original materials, twenty-three granite blocks, Oldcastle Precast has donated over one-hundred concrete catch basins, man ways and like materials.  These materials will provide beneficial habitat to the Vancouver reefing area as well as easily accessible fishing waters for Texas recreational fishermen.

Dorsett Brothers Concrete, based out of Pasadena, has provided temporary storage with docking facilities along the Old Brazos River in Freeport where materials will be loaded from to be taken offshore.  Materials have been moved to the staging area and TPWD is currently in the process of putting together the necessary information for bid packages with the hope of awarding a bid by the end of the year and deployment of materials as soon as possible after the award has been made, most likely late spring 2010.

The donations from Oldcastle Precast and Dorsett Brothers Concrete along with an additional $25,000 commitment from HTFT has more than doubled the size of the original project and works with TPWD’s Nearshore Reefing Program to provide an easily accessible nearshore reef.  HTFT will continue to work with TPWD in its efforts to provide Texas recreational fishermen with habitat rich nearshore waters that will attract the most sought after offshore species along the Texas coast