Delta Smelt Supplementation

Delta Smelt Supplementation | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

A plan to begin releasing hatchery-raised Delta smelt by 2024 to bolster the threatened fish's wild population.

Supplementation of the wild delta smelt population with fish raised in captivity is a conservation measure proposed by Reclamation and DWR ...

Enhanced Delta Smelt Monitoring Program | U.S. Fish & Wildlife ...

Lodi's EDSM team is also working with the Bay-Delta FWO and other partners on a plan to begin stocking hatchery-raised Delta smelt in 2024 to bolster the wild ...

Assessing captive spawning strategies for supplementation ...

To support the declining wild population of Delta Smelt, a conservation hatchery has expanded its mission from maintaining a backup population as insurance ...

Assessing captive spawning strategies for supplementation ...

Objective: To support the declining wild population of Delta Smelt, a conservation hatchery has expanded its mission from maintaining a backup population as ...

Toward improved decision-support tools for Delta Smelt ...

Different types of management actions lead to different needs for DSTs. This White Paper was developed using three types of actions currently being considered ...

A pilot study of the performance of captive‐reared delta smelt ...

A captive breeding programme was developed in 2008 for delta smelt Hypomesus transpacificus in reaction to dramatic population decline over several decades.

Delta Smelt | Aquatic Health Program - UC Davis

The SFE is contaminated by agricultural, urban, and industrial pollutants which can cause detrimental effects to aquatic ecosystems. Freshwater flows may ...

Memorandum from Culture and Supplementation of Smelt Steering ...

This memorandum provides information on how to request cultured Delta Smelt from the 2024 year-class, including an updated request form (see ...

Evaluating the impact of captive ancestry on the growth and survival ...

The results suggest that the DI of released hatchery-reared Delta Smelt may affect the performance of their offspring in the natural environment. Further ...

Considerations for the Use of Captive-Reared Delta Smelt for ...

The wild Delta Smelt population has diminished to the point that many in the scientific community believe population supplementation using cultured fish needs ...

Delta Smelt and Native Species Preservation Project

The USFWS has recently developed its Delta Smelt Supplementation Strategy (DSSS) to provide a scientific and regulatory roadmap for ...

Ramping up releases of hatchery Delta smelt to the wild

However, the conservation hatchery currently lacks the capacity to raise the hundreds of thousands of fish needed. The U.S. Bureau of ...

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

Crew releases hatchery-raised Delta smelt into the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. ... supplementing the wild Delta smelt population could help the ...

Effects to Delta Smelt from Operations of the CVP/SWP

In the interim until the hatchery is operational, Reclamation proposes to support the Fish Conservation and Culture Laboratory supplementation efforts to ...

Something Fishy Is Happening Inside the Ears of Delta Smelt -

The results of this study are a grim reminder that we can't rely solely on supplementation to save dwindling fish populations, says Alec ...

(PDF) Assessing captive spawning strategies for supplementation ...

Objective To support the declining wild population of Delta Smelt, a conservation hatchery has expanded its mission from maintaining a ...

Using physiology to recover imperiled smelt species - ScienceDirect

Delta smelt is an endemic and critically endangered fish species inhabiting the San Francisco Estuary that has become entangled in the conflict between ...

Size, fecundity and condition factor changes in endangered delta ...

The Delta smelt Hypomesus transpacificus is a type of small fish that is found exclusively in the San Francisco Estuary (Moyle et al., 2018).

State and feds release captively produced Delta smelt into wild

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service yesterday announced the experimental release of captively produced Delta smelt into the wild.