Fish in the Bay – Bad Mollusks & other critters, July – Aug 2026 (Part 1).
July/August report – Part1: Corbula Clam disaster in Lower South Bay (LSB). Corbula Clams are found at all locations we...
July/August report – Part1: Corbula Clam disaster in Lower South Bay (LSB). Corbula Clams are found at all locations we...
We returned to Lower South Bay (LSB) for June trawls. This was a relatively relaxed month with only two days...
This is a small summary of our May trawling results in San Francisco Bay: 4 sites in San Pablo Bay...
Once again, it is April. Time for another “Traditional Baby Fish Month.” – Yes, we invented this April tradition and...
March Madness! We are back in Lower South Bay (LSB). Actually, we continue to return to LSB every month, but...
This report is a brief “2025 Year-in-Review” for the Napa-Sonoma Marsh trawls. Much of this is adapted from a webinar...
After several visits to San Pablo Bay in the north, we returned to Lower South Bay marshes in early June. ...
This is part 3 of the San Pablo Bay series. We continue our journey around San Pablo Bay. This time...
This is part 2 of a 4-part San Pablo Bay series. The UC Davis Otolith Geochemistry & Fish Ecology Lab...
New WRMP San Pablo Bay trawls. The UC Davis OGFL crew performed fish assessments of restored marsh areas around San...
Extra Baby Fish Month! It happened again. Every once in a while, we see a bigger goby baby boom in...
The UC Davis OGFL crew performed their second fish assessment of the Eden Landing Ecological Reserve in early May. They...
Part 2 of the April report. 1. Corbula Clams. The main stem of Coyote Creek between UCoy2 and Coy1...
Spring is here – technically it arrived on March 20th. Returning warmth is slowly awakening the marshes … just in...
The UC Davis OGFL lab was contracted by the Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program (WRMP) to perform fish monitoring surveys at...
I accompanied the UC Davis crew on a “Longfin Smelt Broodstock” trawling expedition in north San Francisco Bay in December...
This is the rest of the February report – Fishes, bugs, plus a few other items that didn’t fit into...
This second part covers additional fishes and bugs that were not included in the January report. 1. Colorful Clupeiforms. Wintertime...
Once again, fish totals were low in August. We presume this is the lingering El Nino effect. Hopefully, a flip...
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...
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...
This report covers additional observations from October. Musculista senhousia, aka “Asian Date Mussels,” or Arcuatula senhousia, have been showing up...
The big story for August is that another 464 baby Starries were caught. When added to all the Starries caught...
Record Starry Year! As reported earlier, the year-to-date Starry count had already exceeded the previous record year as of June,...
More baby fish showed up in May. For want of a better term, this was an “Extra Baby Fish Month.”...
April is “Traditional Baby Fish Month.” The tradition is fairly new in Lower South San Francisco Bay. New for us,...
Cold rain continued to fall as Atmospheric Rivers blew in from the ocean throughout January and February, and even through...
Part 2 of the January report covers all the other interesting fishes and bugs. Seven atmospheric river storms that swept...