Fall Traditions: The Stanislaus Salmon Festival
Fall is in full swing, and so is the fall-run Chinook salmon migration in the Central Valley. As is our fall tradition, we’ve installed Read More…
Flashback Friday: Heavy Metal
In today's Flashback Friday, we describe the installation of a rigid weir to monitor both upstream and downstream fish passages – Read More…
Flashback Friday: Walk the Line
In today's Flashback Friday, we describe how we "walk the line" during the process of backpack electrofishing to survey fishes. Learn more Read More…
Photo Friday: How’s the View?
Today's Photo Friday shows how we will go to great heights for fisheries science. This shot of preparing to install solar panels at one of Read More…
A special weir for special fish
Sparks have been flying in the Fablab at our FISHBIO office in Oakdale. Our fabricators recently constructed two custom weirs that were Read More…
Photo Friday – Snorkel Search
We recently completed a snorkel survey of the Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve to count rainbow trout – and snapped this shot of the Read More…
Photo Friday: It’s a wrap for the traps!
With juvenile salmon outmigration finished for the year, our rotary screw trap monitoring season has come to an end. Time to remove the Read More…
New eDNA Sampler Filters for Fish
If uncoiled and stretched to its full length, the DNA contained in a single human cell would be about two meters long, and the total length Read More…
“Telephoning” for Catfish: DIY Electrofishing, Southern…
If you can think of a way to catch a fish, chances are a fish biologist has probably tried to use it as a sampling method, no matter how Read More…
Photo Friday: Scenic Walk
Every once in a while we get to fit in a scenic stroll for science. After we mark juvenile salmon with brightly colored dye for an Read More…