Tag: native fish species
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Resilient California Fishes: The Legendary Threespine Stickleback
By Peter Moyle and Tom Taylor . . . The fresh waters of California support a diverse, highly endemic fish fauna. Many of the fishes are on extinction trajectories. In this blog series, however, we discuss native fishes that have sufficient resiliency to keep populations large and sustainable, even in highly altered habitats. Information on…
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A salmon success story during the California drought
Looking back on 2014, it’s hard not to feel despair for California salmon. With drought-stricken rivers running dangerously warm and slow for spring migration, the government was giving millions of young hatchery salmon a lift to the Pacific by truck and barge. Come August, several streams in the Central Valley were drying up. Native fish…
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Conserving fish, conserving water, conserving California
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 persist in the face of extreme urbanization in southern California. Various pupfish species thrive in…