Delta smelt experimental release buoy.jpg

Photo By/Credit

Brandon Honig/USFWS

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