Formed by the confluence of the San Antonio, Nacimiento, and Arroyo Seco rivers, the 172-mile-long Salinas is the largest river on California’s Central Coast, and it supports Read More…
Working in water is a given when it comes to studying fish, but it can also present some challenges for installing equipment. Today's Photo Friday features shots Read More…
What can you learn from a dead fish? Surprisingly, a lot. Dead salmon are a common sight this time of year, as adult fall-run Chinook salmon perish Read More…
FISHBIO fabricators have adapted their weir building skills to suit a new species for our team: herring. We designed a novel custom rigid weir that was portable, Read More…
On today's Photo Friday, we wanted to share a picture of our recent weir installation in action. Setting up our fish counting weirs is an annual event Read More…
Being able to work outside is a perk to being a fisheries technician at FISHBIO; however, things are not always clear skies and calm rivers. Field techs Read More…
One of the more unique monitoring solutions created by our FABLAB is the rigid weir featured in our post Rigid by Design, a project constructed to track Read More…
Steelhead can live in the Salinas River watershed, but their ability to access this habitat depends largely on the rain forecast and river water levels. While the Read More…
Using fish counting weirs to tally migrating salmonids is familiar territory for FISHBIO: we have been operating these devices on multiple rivers for over a decade, and Read More…