Pacific lampreys (Lampetra tridentata) are a species with a prolonged infancy. They begin their life cycle in freshwater as blind, worm-like larvae called ammocoetes, and remain in Read More…
Following the fall-run Chinook salmon spawning season, little salmon eggs are now beginning to develop in the gravel of river beds throughout the Central Valley. Today's Flashback Read More…
We sometimes get asked whether American shad live in the San Joaquin River basin. The answer is – Yes! Although the American shad (Alosa sappadissma) is native Read More…
As October draws to a close, most of us have spent the past few weeks surrounded by images of Halloween monsters. Whether flipping past TV horror movies Read More…
Can skewing sex ratios of invasive fish save salmonids? Last year we wrote a Fish Report about a predator-control method being developed by Idaho’s Department of Fish Read More…
Those who fished for salmon decades ago often lament the bygone “good old days” of abundant, large fish. As it turns out, there is some truth to Read More…
Dramatic rising and falling of water levels is a common experience for sea stars, mussels, and other marine invertebrates adapted to life on the rocky coast – Read More…
When salmon build nests (redds) on top of each other, called superimposition, this can affect both individual salmon and salmon populations as a whole, as we described Read More…
Scientists working to save coral reefs might dream of growing rare corals in a laboratory, then transplanting them to damaged reefs as a way to restore the Read More…