It’s unclear what impact this new habitat will have on the Delta smelt, perhaps California’s most infamous fish. The species faces a steep uphill battle for survival after large-scale pumping ...

The vast smelt population of Lake Michigan and Lake ... Developed into a popular table delicacy, the silver smelts became a big industry in the past decade; prices jumped from ½ to 4¢ a Ib.

Longfin smelt live for several years, spawning in freshwater and inhabiting estuaries and nearshore waters, and even ranging out into the ocean. Usually growing from 3.5 to 4.3 inches as adults, these ...

Smelt dippers will return to the banks of the Cowlitz River as the Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife has approved recreational fisheries for Wednesday, March 12, and Saturday, March 15.

Delta smelt are tiny fish — most adults are less than 3 inches ... the water-rights applications for the Sites Reservoir Project, which would further divert large volumes of water from the Sacramento ...

The "worthless fish" in question is the Delta Smelt, a small and endangered freshwater ... Southern California could bring in more water via a "very large faucet" — a nonexistent water diversion ...

Smelt dipping will return to the banks of the Cowlitz River as Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) approved recreational fisheries for Wednesday and Saturday (March 15). Dip-netting will ...

Probably the most controversial fish in this region, if not in California as a whole, is the Delta Smelt. The Delta smelt is the poster child of all that is wrong in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.