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1. www.watereducation.org › western-water › delta-smeltWith Delta Smelt All But Gone in the Wild, A First-Ever ...

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   Jun 22, 2020 · The releases, which had put a total of 32,000 Delta smelt into the water as of Feb. 8, were conducted strategically to increase the odds that the lab-born smelt survive long enough to spawn. Delta smelt have a natural lifespan of about one year, spawning shortly before dying, and the hatchery fish — born and raised at the U.C. Davis Fish ...

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2. www.fws.gov › press-release › 2021-12Delta smelt released into wild for first time | U.S. Fish ...

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   Dec 17, 2021. SACRAMENTO — This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), along with the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, experimentally released captively produced Delta smelt into the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.

3. www.latimes.com › local › californiaAs California’s delta smelt spirals toward extinction, a ...

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   Apr 22, 2019 · Efforts to preserve the smelt have relied on restricting delta water operations supplying the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California — regulations that have vexed agricultural interests...

4. www.waterboards.ca.gov › waterrights › water_issuesLife History and Status of Delta Smelt in the Sacramento-San ...

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   Delta smelt have been found regularly in Suisun Bay. Years of high outflow have distributed them as far downstream as San Pablo Bay. Upstream limits, occurring usually during the spawning migration in spring, are at Mossdale on the San Joaquin River and Sacramento on the Sacramento River.

5. californiawaterblog.com › 2022/05/29 › the-failedThe Failed Recovery Plan for the Delta and Delta Smelt

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   May 29, 2022 · Posted on May 29, 2022 by Andrew Rypel. By Peter Moyle. Few native species are as controversial as Delta Smelt. It is a 3-4 inch translucent fish that lives only in the California Delta, where the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers meet.

6. www.waterboards.ca.gov › waterrights › water_issuesEffects of River Flow on Abundance of Young Chinook Salmon ...

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   Young longfin smelt usu-More than 90% of the chinook salmon in the ally are abundant in the Delta, Suisun Bay, and Central Valley spawn in the Sacramento River San Pablo Bay from spring through fall. and its tributaries upstream from the Delta. The remainder spawn in the San Joaquin system.

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   Are there smelt in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta?

   • Captively raised Delta smelt are being released into the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta for the first time ever. (Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service) In the vast labyrinth of the West Coast’s largest freshwater tidal estuary, one native fish species has never been so rare.

   With Delta Smelt All But Gone in the Wild, A First-Ever "Hatch-and

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   Where does Delta Smelt live?

   • Few native species are as controversial as Delta Smelt. It is a 3-4 inch translucent fish that lives only in the California Delta, where the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers meet.

   The Failed Recovery Plan for the Delta and Delta Smelt

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   What is happening to the delta smelt?

   • The delta smelt’s current predicament stems largely from the rise in delta water exports, which have degraded the delicate estuary system it calls home — an environment where incoming saltwater from the San Francisco Bay mixes with out-flowing freshwater from the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers.

   As California’s delta smelt spirals toward extinction, a

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   What is the delta smelt project?

   • The purpose of this Delta smelt project is to benefit conservation of the species through studies of experimental release of captively produced fish into a portion of its current range. This is the first year of experimental release of Delta smelt with the goal of developing and testing logistics and protocols.

   Delta smelt released into wild for first time | U.S. Fish & Wildlife

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8. www.sacbee.com › news › californiaCA water to farms, cities reduced to protect Delta smelt ...

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   Dec 30, 2021 · Del Bosque is dependent on water pumped south from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to irrigate his crops on the Valley’s west side in Fresno and Merced counties. These last two years of drought ...