Pity the poor delta smelt. The tiny fish, which seldom grows to more than four inches or lives longer than a year, was once abundant in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. It was an important link in ...

A tiny fish caught in California’s tug of war over water has become harder to find than ever, a state survey found, despite a very wet winter last year that had raised hopes for a bounce back after ...

STOCKTON — For the fourth year in a row, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has caught zero Delta smelt in its Fall Midwater Trawl Survey on the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For a small fish found only in the San Francisco Estuary, the Delta smelt has caused much controversy over the years, ranging from ...

A juvenile delta smelt inside a rearing tank at the UC Davis Fish Conservation and Culture Lab. Photo: Dale Kolke / California Department of Water Resources About a third of delta smelt samples from ...

The University of California, Davis’ Fish Conservation and Culture Laboratory was in financial limbo after its grant lapsed. SACRAMENTO, California — The federal government agreed Tuesday to continue ...

Probably the most controversial fish in this region, if not in California as a whole, is the Delta Smelt. The Delta smelt is the poster child of all that is wrong in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

For the third year in a row, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife found zero Delta smelt in the agency’s 2020 Fall Midwater Trawl Survey throughout the Delta. The 2- to 3-inch-long Delta ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Endangered delta smelt hatched at UC Davis swim in a holding tank at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach in 2019 as part of ...