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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...

Fish in the Bay – November 2020: Cold Snap – Winter Arrives.

Trawl map. November trawls confirmed that winter arrived in Lower South Bay:  Total fish counts dropped from over 7,900 in...

Fish in the Bay – October 2020: Anchovy Spawning & Silverside Tsunami Increase.

Trawl map annotated with Anchovies and Silversides. Anchovy spawning locations are circled in pink. Two major trends continued in October: ...

Fish in the Bay – September 2020: Silverside Tsunami, spawning Anchovies & some apex predators.

Trawl map annotated with Anchovies and Silversides. Anchovy spawning locations are circled in pink. Anchovies continue to spawn in September! ...

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 – 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 – October 2019, UC Davis Trawls (Part2) – Big Fish in a Little Pond; plus a Shrimp update.

This is part 2 from our latest trawling weekend, 5 & 6 October.  See previous post for datasheets. Bay Study. ...

Fish in the Bay – June 2019, UC Davis Trawls – Freshness Continues

Hello folks.  I joined Jim Hobbs and the UC Davis trawling surveys on Saturday, June 1st.  It was a crazy...

Fish in the Bay – May 2019, UC Davis Trawls – Cinco de Mayo

I joined the UC Davis / Hobbs Lab for a regular set of Otter Trawls on May 5th.  Last week’s...

Fish in the Bay – 15-16 September 2018 UC Davis Trawls – Cycling the Carbon.

As happened earlier in July, I again missed the boat in September.  The UC Davis crew performed their trawls on...

Fish in the Bay – 1 October 2016 UC Davis trawl – Sharks!

I joined UC Davis / Dr. Jim Hobbs fish monitoring survey on October 1st for the Saturday run.  As explained...

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