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Fish in the Bay – February 2020: Comb Jelly Explosion!

No rain = fewer fish!  An unseasonable winter dry spell continues.  Lower South Bay continues to get saltier.  Based on...

Fish in the Bay – January 2020: Part 1, Pregnant Sculpin, Saltwater Oddballs, and a Shad Experiment.

Trawl map. Full Moon and perihelion.   The Moon set at sunrise as we launched on Saturday.  The combination of full...

Fish in the Bay – December 2018 UC Davis Trawls – Crangon 2018: Year of the Crangon!

Happy New Year!  Welcome to 2019.  Good News:  We wrapped up December with an unbelievable Crangon brooding event.  This was...