Once plentiful in San Francisco Bay, longfin smelt have been at or near record low abundance almost every year since 2007 and are nearly undetectable in other Northern California estuaries.
The formerly abundant native fish has seen its population plummet in recent years and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed protecting the San Francisco Bay population under the Endangered Species Act.
Like a real-life horror show, San Francisco Bay algal bloom is expected to return ‘It really has great tricks up his sleeve. So when conditions are just right for it, it goes to town’ Longfin smelt, which play a key role in the Bay's food web by acting as prey that support commercial and recreational fisheries and wildlife, were previously one of the most abundant fish species in the Bay.
“The longfin smelt’s catastrophic decline is yet another sign that water diversions from the rivers that feed the bay are unsustainable," said Jon Rosenfield, Ph.D., senior scientist for Baykeeper. 'An unimaginable number': Thousands of dead fish washing up across the Bay Area Die-off is the latest symptom of an algal bloom damaging the health of the Bay
In July, the California Department of Water Resources unveiled a revised plan that would add a water diversion in the lower Sacramento River and a tunnel to carry the water under the Delta for cities and agriculture south of the Delta.
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