Delino Comeaux, owner of Delino’s Bolivar Yacht Basin Bait Camp on the Bolivar Peninsula, tosses a crab trap into the water. Comeaux has been crabbing since he was 16 years old. Photo by Stuart Villanueva

Salli Babbitt’s granddaughter, Ava Lewis, uses tongs to grab a blue crab caught near Babbitt’s San Leon home, which is known as “The Blue Crab Shack.” Photo by Jennifer Reynolds

Teal tend to lock in on motion decoys, providing in-your-face shot opportunities. Photo by Capt. Nate Skinner

Donny Stanfield talks about the shrimping industry while sitting in the pilothouse of his boat docked at the Texas City Dike. Photo by Stuart Villanueva

Boatswain’s Mate Second Class Kailea Blankenship steps off a U.S. Coast Guard vessel while inspecting boats on base in Galveston. Blankenship was Officer of the Day and was responsible for carrying out day-to-day operations on base while other mates were in the field. Photo by Kelsey Walling

Rick Becker begins to glue a lid on a tube meant for collecting monofilament at the Galveston Island State Park. Becker is the lead in a project to implement recycling bins for anglers to discard their fishing line waste. Photo by Kelsey Walling

Charter fishing boat captain Scott Hickman says he routinely finds balloon, styrofoam and other plastics floating in the water while out on fishing trips. Photo by Stuart Villanueva