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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 · 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.

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3. deltasmelt.org › about-the-speciesAbout the Species

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   Delta smelt. The delta smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus) is an endangered [1] [2] slender-bodied smelt, about 5 to 7 cm (2.0 to 2.8 in) long, in the family Osmeridae. Endemic to the upper Sacramento-San Joaquin Estuary of California, it mainly inhabits the freshwater-saltwater mixing zone of the estuary, except during its spawning season, when ...

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Delta_smeltDelta smelt - Wikipedia

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   The delta smelt is endemic to the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta in California, where it is distributed from the Suisun Bay upstream through the delta in Contra Costa, Sacramento, San Joaquin, and Solano Counties.

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

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   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.

6. www.nationalgeographic.com › science › articleDelta Smelt, Icon of California Water Wars, Is Almost Extinct

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   Apr 3, 2015 · April 03, 2015. • 8 min read. SAN FRANCISCO, California — A luminous little fish that smells like cucumbers and has the power to slow the flow of water to thirsty California cities and farms is...

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7. 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...

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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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   How did the Sacramento & San Joaquin Rivers help smelt spawn?

   • The flows of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers kept saltwater from intruding into the fresher delta, and the smelt spawned in the delta and fed in the bay.

   Delta Smelt, Icon of California Water Wars, Is Almost Extinct

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   Are smelt fish extinction a problem in California?

   • SAN FRANCISCO, California — A luminous little fish that smells like cucumbers and has the power to slow the flow of water to thirsty California cities and farms is swimming closer to extinction. Only six delta smelt —the lowest number ever found—were netted in a survey by state biologists last month.

   Delta Smelt, Icon of California Water Wars, Is Almost Extinct

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   Can a delta smelt survive a drought?

   • The survival of a tiny fish, the delta smelt, is threatened by a lack of freshwater flows to its habitat. With California in its fourth year of drought, the fish species' chance of survival looks grim. The delta smelt, which is endemic only to California, spawns in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and feeds in the San Francisco Bay. CALIF.

   Delta Smelt, Icon of California Water Wars, Is Almost Extinct

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9. redgreenandblue.org › 2022/01/06 › delta-smelt-vergeAre Delta Smelt on the verge of extinction? | Red, Green, and ...

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   Jan 6, 2022 · By Dan Bacher. The Delta smelt, once the most abundant fish in the entire Delta Estuary, numbered in the millions before state and federal projects started exporting massive quantities of water...