Antenna Assembly Line
When we are juggling multiple projects or working under tight deadlines, our talented fabricators at the FABLAB shift into high gear, often Read More…
Electrifying brew
If you’ve been following our blog, you know some of us at FISHBIO have been brewing craft beer as a hobby for a number of years, and all of us Read More…
Rigid by Design
Using fish counting weirs to tally migrating salmonids is familiar territory for FISHBIO: we have been operating these devices on multiple Read More…
Artistic pathways
Science and technology rule the day in the FABLAB, but when the team is in between projects, they tend to get a bit creative with how they Read More…
Introducing: the Smolt Spy
While counting adult salmonids has is challenges, trying to count juvenile fish is even more difficult. The fish are small, the water they Read More…
DIY video system
Video can be a valuable tool in fisheries research for enumerating fish populations, or just recording their presence and behavior. We set Read More…
A soaring success story
Call it our most towering achievement: as a testament to their ingenuity and skill, our team has succeeded in constructing two of the largest Read More…
Taking it portable
Our work often calls for quick thinking and adaptability. Last year, we ran into a situation where we had to come up with an electrofishing boat Read More…
A river ran through it
California’s waterways are highly modified with extensive diversions. A special concern when diverting water through various canals and Read More…
Metal and water don’t mix
Monitoring fish populations requires the use of many different types of specialized equipment. One of the most prevalent devices used for Read More…