Tag Archives: salmon

When Good Fish Make Bad Decisions

Posted on April 16, 2012 by

Carson Jeffres, Staff Research Associate, Center for Watershed Sciences Restoration of degraded habitat is generally considered to be a no-brainer.  But, what if by “restoring” the habitat, you inadvertently create a habitat that causes either the target species or other … Continue reading →

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Wanted: An integrated strategy for recovery of Central Valley salmon

Posted on March 19, 2012 by

Jacob Katz, Ph.D. Candidate, Center for Watershed Sciences Peter Moyle, Professor of Fish Biology, University of California – Davis Historically, the rivers of the Central Valley had seasonally variable stream flows and diverse habitats.  Rivers tended to flood in winter, … Continue reading →

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Have our salmon and eat them too: Re-thinking salmon hatcheries in the Central Valley

Posted on February 29, 2012 by

Jacob Katz, Ph.D. Candidate, Center for Watershed Sciences Peter Moyle, Professor of Fish Biology, University of California – Davis In the previous blog, Jay Lund argued that wide-scale, integrated management of California’s water system will better balance water needs of … Continue reading →

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Sex, Lies and Videotape: Premature Maturation of Chinook Salmon on the Shasta River

Posted on November 23, 2011 by

Carson Jeffres, Senior Research Associate, Center for Watershed Sciences, University of California – Davis Migration to and from the sea (anadromy) is the iconic pattern we associate with Pacific salmon. They spend most of their life in the ocean, taking … Continue reading →

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The UnDammed

Posted on November 2, 2011 by

Jeffrey F. Mount, Founding Director of the Center for Watershed Sciences, University of California – Davis I had the great pleasure of being up in the Olympic Peninsula for the Elwha Dam removal ceremonies a few weeks ago.  With the … Continue reading →

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Coho in Crisis, Part 1: The decline toward extinction in California

Posted on October 12, 2011 by

Peter Moyle, Professor of Fish Biology, UC Davis   In case you hadn’t noticed, one of California’s most spectacular fish is leaving us. The coho salmon, silvery favorites of fishermen and essential components of our coastal rainforest ecosystems, are headed … Continue reading →

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Conserving fish, conserving water, conserving California

Posted on August 31, 2011 by

Peter Moyle, Professor of Fish Biology, UC Davis California has a remarkable collection of native freshwater fishes, many of them found only in the state.  To me, these native fishes define the unique regions of the California mosaic. Southern steelhead … Continue reading →

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Suction dredging is bad for fish

Posted on June 17, 2011 by

Peter B. Moyle, Professor of Fish Biology, UC Davis Suction dredging seems like a fairly innocent pastime.  A few folks go to a stream on a nice summer day with a portable device to suck tiny amounts of gold out … Continue reading →

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Striped bass control: the cure worse than the disease?

Posted on January 31, 2011 by

Peter B. Moyle, UC Davis, Professor of Fish Biology William A. Bennett, UC Davis, Fish Ecologist Seven species of fish in the Delta are listed as threatened or endangered, including Delta smelt, salmon and steelhead. Although the ultimate cause of … Continue reading →

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