Release of freshwater mussel in San Antonio River

Photo By/Credit
Aubry Buzek/USFWS
Date Shot/Created
05/17/2024
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Austin Davis, Senior Aquatic Biologist with the San Antonio River Authority, releases a freshwater mussel raised by Inks Dam National Fish Hatchery into the Mission Reach of the San Antonio River just south of downtown San Antonio. This historic event marked the first time hatchery-produced freshwater mussels have ever been reintroduced into the wild in Texas.
Ecosystem
River/stream
Subject tags
Aquatic animals
Freshwater mussels
Rivers and streams