endangered species

Here Be Giants

California is home of “the Giants,” and not just on the baseball field. One of the most imposing fish on the Pacific coast, the giant sea bass Read More…

Endangered Species in the Spotlight

At FISHBIO, we’re big fans of building (slightly) larger-than-life fish puppets to parade at the Butte Environmental Council’s annual Endangered Species Faire. Our truly giant Mekong Giant Read More…

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…

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 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…