Rainbow Trout: Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Few species have captured the attention of anglers, aquaculturists, and researchers quite like the rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss. We recently discovered that more has been written about Read More…
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Not Your Average Pond
With the dog days of summer quickly approaching and temperatures rising across the state, our heavy winter rains might seem like a distant dream. Just as ephemeral Read More…
California’s Growing Marijuana Issue
It just takes a Google Earth tour to spot the rise of marijuana growing in California. Navigate through aerial imagery of Humboldt County forests, and patches of Read More…
Film Friday: Endangered Fishes on Parade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMPiyiCObyE In honor of tomorrow's Endangered Species Faire hosted by the Butte Environmental Council in Chico, California, today's Film Friday features the larger-than-life Mekong Giant catfish we Read More…
Winter-Run Salmon and the Delicate Dance of Temperature
Winter-run Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) are the most endangered of California’s four salmon runs. These salmon return to freshwater in the winter, and historically sought refuge in Read More…
Winter-run Woes
Usually, “winter” makes people think of cold, blowing snow, and ice – but no winter-run Chinook salmon alive today experience conditions like that. In fact, the only Read More…
One lucky sucker
For all of California’s endangered fishes needing a success story, they now have one in the Modoc sucker (Catostomus microps). In March 2014, we wrote about the Read More…
Technology and taimen, the world’s largest salmon
In honor of World Wildlife Day this week, we wanted to shift our usual focus from fisheries of the West Coast and the Mekong River basin, and Read More…
Diversity Helps Endangered Fish Hedge Its Bets
For species living in unpredictable environments, maintaining a diversity of individuals in a population (of various sizes, ages, etc.) improves the likelihood that at least some will Read More…
New project will establish protected areas for endangered fish
The Mekong River has the second highest fish biodiversity of any river in the world, as well as one of the most productive fisheries, which the people Read More…