Fish in the Bay – May 2022: Big Baby Fish Month!
As reported last month, the early April trawls captured “Traditional Baby Fish Month.” But with only 721 babies, it was...
As reported last month, the early April trawls captured “Traditional Baby Fish Month.” But with only 721 babies, it was...
Long-time readers will know that April is “Baby Fish Month” in Lower South SF Bay. Larvae of gobies and a...
SF Bay fishes are very active in winter through spring. Charismatic pelagic fishes like Longfin Smelt, Anchovies, Herring, Topsmelt, and...
Trawl map. Good News! The summer 2021 Anchovy spawn continues. And, we found more bryozoan reef and two new interesting...
Trawl map. June Trawls. The summertime Anchovy spawn commenced in June: see previous Anchovy Alert blog post – http://www.ogfishlab.com/2021/06/05/fish-in-the-bay-june-2021-anchovy-alert-spawning-anchovies-have-returned-to-lower-south-san-francisco-bay/. This...
Trawl map. May Trawls. May is typically a low-fish transition month between “Baby Fish Month” of April and summertime Anchovies. ...
Trawl map. April is “Baby Fish Month.” We caught almost 1,900 unidentifiable baby fish. Most of these tiny babies were...
Trawl map. We caught a lot of baby fish in March; more shrimp than normal as well. The Pacific Ocean...
Trawl map. Good news, a new season of spawning fish arrived! Read on. Bay-side stations trawling results. Rare, odd-ball...
Trawl map. November trawls confirmed that winter arrived in Lower South Bay: Total fish counts dropped from over 7,900 in...
This post is a cleanup of a few ongoing issues. The Shimofuri Goby problem. As discussed many times, Shimofuri Gobies...
This is part two of a combined May – June report. Part one examined the massive Crangon shrimp recruitment explosion...
I joined the UC Davis trawls on both days of this October’s trawling weekend. … Fish are on the move! ...
Hello folks. I joined Jim Hobbs and the UC Davis trawling surveys on Saturday, June 1st. It was a crazy...
I joined the UC Davis / Hobbs Lab for a regular set of Otter Trawls on May 5th. Last week’s...