Fish in the Bay – Special Report: Lower South Bay Broodstock Trawls, Jan 2025 – Return to Oz.
Longfin Smelt Broodstock trawls continued over numerous days through January, February, and even into the first weeks of March. I...
Longfin Smelt Broodstock trawls continued over numerous days through January, February, and even into the first weeks of March. I...
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...
This is part 2 of the June report. – These are additional observations that couldn’t be squeezed into the initial...
Relatively few fish overall. May totals were generally not the lowest ever, but these numbers were reminiscent of low fish...
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...
Sami and Janai loading the net on Saturday morning. For this second part of the November report, Janai gave us...
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 fishes showed up in June! This included 60 baby Longfin Smelt and 178 baby Starry Flounder which is...
April is “Traditional Baby Fish Month.” The tradition is fairly new in Lower South San Francisco Bay. New for us,...
Atmospheric rivers and rainwater flushing continued through March. This extended rainy season is a very welcome change after at least...
Part 2 of the January report covers all the other interesting fishes and bugs. Seven atmospheric river storms that swept...
By Luca Sartori, California State Maritime Academy Class of 2025. https://www.csum.edu/ Editor’s note: Luca is spending his summer internship developing...
Trawl map. The results from October trawls were a mix of good and bad news on several levels. Bay-side...
Operation Guadalupe trawl stations. Operation Guadalupe. Continued. For this second installment, we examine some of the fishes in Alviso Slough...
Trawl map. May Trawls. May is typically a low-fish transition month between “Baby Fish Month” of April and summertime Anchovies. ...
Longfin trawl results from January 2nd & 3rd. Operation “Save Our Smelt” 2020/21, week three. By this point, over 100...
Longfin trawl results from December 20th. Operation “Save Our Smelt” 2020/21 has begun. This is the third year that researchers have...
