Tag: James Hobbs
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Will Delta Smelt Have a Happy New Year?
by James Hobbs and Peter Moyle The results of 2017 surveys of Delta fishes are coming in. Already, the results are clear: it was an unhappy year for Delta smelt. The wet year with high outflows should have created an increase in the population, as happened in 2011. Instead numbers stayed extremely low. The US…
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California WaterFix and Delta Smelt
by Peter Moyle and James Hobbs The delta smelt is on a trajectory towards extinction in the wild. Heading into 2017, the spawning adult population was at an all-time low although this past wet winter has apparently seen a small resurgence. However, increasingly warm summer temperatures in the Delta may dampen any upswing. Given the…
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Delta smelt’s unsung cousin seems verging on extinction, too
By James Hobbs and Peter Moyle Another native fish of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta appears to be rivaling the cliffhanger status of the delta smelt. Relative to its historical abundance, the lesser-known longfin smelt has experienced an even bigger decline than delta smelt — and may be in bigger trouble — according to trawl surveys…