FABLAB

Fresh new coat for an ugly old boat

When Old Red rolled into the shop she looked a little rough around the edges, but this 17-foot North River outboard still had a lot of life Read More…

Photo Friday: Sand Man

Today's Photo Friday offers a peek inside our FABLAB, and is the winner of our staff Photo of the Month contest for its creative low-angle perspective. Whether Read More…

The Barrel Bar

Here at FISHBIO, we like to take recycling in a creative direction. This might mean using reclaimed materials or taking things that are done serving their original Read More…

Technology Spotlight: The Smolt Spy

At FISHBIO, we specialize in both counting fish and building things. This naturally led us to construct our own automated video system for monitoring fish passage, called Read More…

Upcycled Dehydrator

Thanks to the expert fabricators in our FABLAB, our kitchen now has a custom-built dehydrator, a bit larger than a typical off-the-shelf unit. They converted an inoperable Read More…

Tower of Bio-Balls

As anyone with a home aquarium knows, just keeping fish alive can be a challenge. As we have relocated and rebuilt our fish-lab several times over the Read More…

Film Friday: How To Assemble a Sonar Mount

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jU8VSUQgmI&t In this week's Film Friday, our expert fabricator Jeremy Pombo walks through how to assemble FISHBIO's custom mount for the DIDSON and ARIS sonar cameras. We Read More…

Have Fyke, Will Travel

Our fabrication team has turned out another success by constructing a triplet of fyke traps to be deployed in the lower Mokelumne River. Commissioned by the Bureau Read More…