Delta smelt experimental release Perales.jpg

Photo By/Credit

Brandon Honig/USFWS

Date Shot/Created
07/07/2022
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Brynn Perales, right, and Bryant Jew of the Lodi Fish and Wildlife Office release Delta smelt into the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta on Dec. 15, 2021, during an experimental release of hatchery-raised smelt into the wild. The project, carried out with the California Department of Water Resources and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, will help inform future supplementation of the species in the wild.
Ecosystem
Coastal
River/stream
Subject tags
Anadromous fish
Coasts
Fish hatcheries
Fisheries management
Rivers and streams