Fish in the Bay – Merry Fishmas, 2024!
Merry Fishmas everyone! I fell horribly behind in my fish reporting, so I am combining Fishmas with the November blog. ...
Merry Fishmas everyone! I fell horribly behind in my fish reporting, so I am combining Fishmas with the November blog. ...
The OGFL has contributed scientific information that was instrumental to the listing and is conducting research to identify conservation measures...
Through Fish in the Bay, the OGFL shares updates on our research, stories from the field, and key findings that...
The OGFL has begun a collaboration with reseachers studying Tapertail Anchovies on the Yangtze River, China. This large anchovy with...
October was a hot weekend. Air temperature was beastly. Water temperatures in October were close to 2 degrees C warmer...
September report continued … 1. Gobies & Sculpin. Something odd is happening in Goby World. All numbers were down compared...
A belated September report … The overall raw fish count increased, but this was not good news. Almost 50% of...
Once again, fish totals were low in August. We presume this is the lingering El Nino effect. Hopefully, a flip...
This is a special report to consolidate recent observations and discoveries regarding light refracting-properties we see so often in Clupeiform...
This second part of the July report covers some additional random items. Spawning Anchovy sex ratio Water Color Update for...
I suppose we could call this the “slow summer” or maybe the “warm summer.” Fish counts remain low compared to...
This is part 2 of the June report. – These are additional observations that couldn’t be squeezed into the initial...
El Nino officially ended in May, but effects on fishes linger. Overall fish totals remain low – with one...
Relatively few fish overall. May totals were generally not the lowest ever, but these numbers were reminiscent of low fish...
This is part two of the April report. Part one covered “Baby Fish Month” which mainly pertains to the April...
Once again, it is that time of year: Baby Fish Month! Hundreds to thousands of tiny baby “unidentified” gobies traditionally...
As of March, we were still experiencing a welcome extended rainy spring. In theory, the additional rainwater flushing should be...
This is part two of the February blog. The February flush and the resulting salinity drop scattered most of our...
February trawls were conducted on 10 and 11 February just after two atmospheric rivers dumped a good amount of rain. ...
Part 2 of the January 2024 report: 1. Green water & some reddish fish in Artesian Slough. Clear green water...
Our first trawls of the new year were fairly spectacular for a mid-January: 731 Longfin Smelt. – This month alone...
This is a pelagic fish holiday special. Longfin Smelt and Pacific Herring have arrived in preparation for mid-winter spawning. Young...
We caught 36 Bat Rays in November. It was unexpected to see so many this late in the year. With...
Sami and Janai loading the net on Saturday morning. For this second part of the November report, Janai gave us...
Winter fishes arrive as weather cools. This creates a complicated picture in November. Many summertime fishes linger as Longfins, Herring,...
This report covers additional observations from October. Musculista senhousia, aka “Asian Date Mussels,” or Arcuatula senhousia, have been showing up...
Several October spoilers were given in the previous post. Much more remains to be reported. We will only cover a...
A belated September fish report: I missed September trawls, but Sami, Niko, and Janai sent me some photos. I got...
The big story for August is that another 464 baby Starries were caught. When added to all the Starries caught...
In August, the fish populations finally transitioned to a more typical summertime assemblage of Anchovies and Gobies. However, a...