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 ...

Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R–Richvale) is leading several other California Republicans in pushing for the designation of the longfin ...

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.

LONGVIEW — This year’s Cowlitz River recreational smelt dip-fishing season kicked off Wednesday almost totally without its two most important elements: smelt and people dipping for them.

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 ...

More than three decades after being listed for protection, California’s delta smelt is “functionally extinct.” The Trump administration could hasten its demise. At just 3 inches long ...

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 ...

WDFW’s Columbia River smelt lead. “Below average water temperatures delayed this year’s run, though recent fishery data indicates the run size is large enough to support recreational harvest.” ...