Scientists at the UC Davis Fish Conservation and Culture Laboratory are breeding endangered Delta smelt, like this one, in captivity as a safeguard against extinction. Delta smelt are hard to find.

Reporting from STOCKTON — The delta smelt is: 1) A nearly extinct species that serves as a crucial barometer for the health of the California Delta. 2) A useless bait fish that deprives Central Valley ...

We’ve written before that among the most dangerous natural predators of the delta smelt are conservatives blaming the tiny freshwater fish for a host of ills befalling California’s agricultural ...

The fragile little fish that swim around in dark tanks in a lab are the last hope for their kind. The lab director who oversees their care, Tien-Chieh Hung, explained that when the Delta smelt ...

As the smelt run begins in the Duluth area, those who harvest the silvery forage fish are being told they can be used only for eating, not as bait. The message is being spread in an effort to limit ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Endangered delta smelt hatched at UC Davis swim in a holding tank at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach in 2019 as part of ...

The annual Smelt Parade returned to Canal Park in Duluth, with hundreds of people dressed up for the occasion. The smelt parade is a celebration of the smelt run, when the fish would make their season ...

Editor's note: This story originally ran in the Providence Journal, a sister publication of the Portsmouth Herald. GREENLAND, N.H. — Becky Heuss, a young marine biologist with the state of New ...

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