Offshore fishing in Texas is about to become much more accessible and sustainable thanks to the recent approval of the Texas Fish Aggregating Device (FAD) Network. After years of planning, Hilton Marine, LLC, alongside the Houston Big Game Fishing Club, has received final approvals from NOAA, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the U.S. Coast Guard to install the first large-scale FAD network off the Texas coast. This milestone project, designed to make offshore fishing more productive and research-friendly, will bring 14 FADs outfitted with scientific instruments to waters stretching from Galveston to the Mexican border. “We’re really excited to make Texas’ first offshore FAD network a reality. This is a historic development for Texas fishing,” says Tom Hilton, founder of Hilton’s Offshore Charts.