Better than Expected: The 2019 Salmon Season
It’s time for our yearly review of the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) Review of Ocean Salmon Fisheries – and this year has a surprisingly positive twist. Read More…
San Joaquin River
How Many Bass and Catfish are in the San Joaquin River?
The fish assemblages in the San Joaquin River and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta are heavily dominated by non-native species. But we actually don’t know just how many Read More…
Sierra Snowpack and the San Joaquin River Restoration Program
In California, we all need snow – even the fish in the San Joaquin River. The San Joaquin River Restoration Program (SJRRP) hosted the 2018 Science Meeting Read More…
The Spring-run Salmon Saga of the San Joaquin
We’ve recently reported on the long and fascinating history of Friant Dam, the collapse of San Joaquin River salmon populations, and the groundbreaking lawsuit that resulted in Read More…
Turbulent History on the San Joaquin River
California’s San Joaquin River is the cause of some of the highest profile legal battles over water law in the state’s history. The saga started in 1927, Read More…
Poor Returns: The 2017 Salmon Season
Every year, the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) publishes a report on the previous year’s salmon fisheries along the West Coast. The report details harvest totals and Read More…
Tracking Fish on the Move: Biotelemetry in the Delta
Just like M tracks James Bond across the world after implanting a chip in his arm in the remake of Casino Royale, so can biologists track fish Read More…
Sturgeon Sightings in the San Joaquin Basin
Sturgeon are impressive, prehistoric-looking beasts lurking in the shadows of river-bottoms. Two species of sturgeon are native to California, the white sturgeon and the green sturgeon. The Read More…
The Billion Dollar Salmon
California’s San Joaquin River has been at the heart of a long and expensive legal battle. The issue at hand is how the construction and operation of Read More…
Diving the Delta
Our staff often find themselves needing to jump into challenging environments. This happened recently, when FISHBIO was offered an opportunity to assist in a collaborative effort to Read More…