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Fish in the Bay – August 2023, Starry, Starry Summer!

The big story for August is that another 464 baby Starries were caught.  When added to all the Starries caught...

Fish in the Bay – July 2023, Record Starry Year

Record Starry Year!  As reported earlier, the year-to-date Starry count had already exceeded the previous record year as of June,...

Fish in the Bay – April 2022, Part 2: Supplemental Report – The Bestiary.

Random observations from April trawls in Lower South San Francisco Bay.  These were a series of Facebook posts that didn’t...

Fish in the Bay – July 2020: Lots of Crangon & Topsmelt, plus a Red Ceramium Bloom.

Trawl map.   Bay-side stations trawling results.   Upstream of Railroad Bridge. Our July trawling weekend was quite an experience. ...

Fish in the Bay – May & June 2020, part 1: Crangon Shrimp Recruitment Explosion.

Wilson Xieu, junior specialist at the UC Davis Otolith Geochemistry & Fish Ecology Lab, joined the trawls in May.  Photo...

Fish in the Bay – March 2019, UC Davis Trawls – Fish & bug New Year?

March fish report:  Atmospheric rivers and freshwater flushing continue to influence critters in the Bay.  I am coming to the...