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...
The UC Davis OGFL lab was contracted by the Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program (WRMP) to perform fish monitoring surveys at...
Merry Fishmas everyone! I fell horribly behind in my fish reporting, so I am combining Fishmas with the November blog. ...
Once again, fish totals were low in August. We presume this is the lingering El Nino effect. Hopefully, a flip...
As of March, we were still experiencing a welcome extended rainy spring. In theory, the additional rainwater flushing should be...
We caught 36 Bat Rays in November. It was unexpected to see so many this late in the year. With...
Winter fishes arrive as weather cools. This creates a complicated picture in November. Many summertime fishes linger as Longfins, Herring,...
This report covers additional observations from October. Musculista senhousia, aka “Asian Date Mussels,” or Arcuatula senhousia, have been showing up...
Several October spoilers were given in the previous post. Much more remains to be reported. We will only cover a...
The big story for August is that another 464 baby Starries were caught. When added to all the Starries caught...
More baby fishes showed up in June! This included 60 baby Longfin Smelt and 178 baby Starry Flounder which is...
More baby fish showed up in May. For want of a better term, this was an “Extra Baby Fish Month.”...
April is “Traditional Baby Fish Month.” The tradition is fairly new in Lower South San Francisco Bay. New for us,...
Cold rain continued to fall as Atmospheric Rivers blew in from the ocean throughout January and February, and even through...
Part 2 of the January report covers all the other interesting fishes and bugs. Seven atmospheric river storms that swept...
We trawled in cold and intermittent rain on December 10th and 11th. This seasonal weather change is a very good...
The disastrous San Francisco Bay Red Tide of August 2022 is now fading into memory. The most crushing long-lasting effect...
In response to concerns about fish kills from the July-September Red Tides in Central and South San Francisco Bay, I...
A slightly belated report from August trawls. At the time of this report, we were not yet aware of Red...
Trawl map. The results from October trawls were a mix of good and bad news on several levels. Bay-side...
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