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Fish in the Bay – May 2025, WRMP San Pablo Bay Trawls, Part 2 – Petaluma River.

This is part 2 of a 4-part San Pablo Bay series. The UC Davis Otolith Geochemistry & Fish Ecology Lab...

Fish in the Bay – April 2025, Traditional Baby Fish Month.

Spring is here – technically it arrived on March 20th.  Returning warmth is slowly awakening the marshes … just in...

Fish in the Bay – Special Report: Lower South Bay Broodstock Trawls, Jan-Feb 2025 – Pictures at an Exhibition, A Fish Opera.

This is a third and final report on 2025 Longfin Smelt Broodstock Trawls.  I was not present at most of...

Fish in the Bay – January 2021, part 1: Winter Fishes = Longfin, Shad, Herring, & Anchovy(?).

Trawl map. Good news first:  1126 Anchovies! That is the biggest January catch of Anchovies since 2014.  465 Longfin Smelt...