Fish in the Bay – April 2025: WRMP – Eden Landing Trawls.
The UC Davis OGFL lab was contracted by the Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program (WRMP) to perform fish monitoring surveys at...
Fish in the Bay – July 2024, El Nino Summer Doldrums.
I suppose we could call this the “slow summer” or maybe the “warm summer.” Fish counts remain low compared to...
Fish in the Bay – January 2023, Part 2 – The Rest of the Fishes.
Part 2 of the January report covers all the other interesting fishes and bugs. Seven atmospheric river storms that swept...
Fish in the Bay – May 2022, Part 2: Leopard Shark Baby Boom.
These are additional notes from the May trawls. As always, there are so many critters to discuss and so little...
Fish in the Bay – January 2022: Anchovies and Longfins, yes! But, no Crangon brooding.
Good News! Our streak of phenomenal finfish production continues. This time last year, we were marveling over the uncharacteristic boost...
Fish in the Bay – December 2021: End of the first Dry La Nina Year.
2021 was a very good year in Lower South SF Bay (LSB) – for most fishes. Many records were broken,...
Fish in the Bay – September 2021: Operation Guadalupe, Part 2.
Operation Guadalupe trawl stations. Operation Guadalupe. Continued. For this second installment, we examine some of the fishes in Alviso Slough...
Fish in the Bay – September 2021: Operation Guadalupe.
Hello folks. From mid-August thru mid-September, the UC Davis OG Fish Lab did something very different. With additional funding from...
Fish in the Bay – August 2021: Red Ceramium, Boogers, a Nudibranch, and other Summertime Oddities.
Trawl map. We are continuing to experience a very good Anchovy year. The 2021 total is on track to possibly...
Fish in the Bay – April 2021: More baby fish.
Trawl map. April is “Baby Fish Month.” We caught almost 1,900 unidentifiable baby fish. Most of these tiny babies were...
Fish in the Bay – February 2021: Tales from the Coral Reef and the Spawning Ground.
Trawl map. Good news, a new season of spawning fish arrived! Read on. Bay-side stations trawling results. Rare, odd-ball...
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