A juvenile delta smelt inside a rearing tank at the UC Davis Fish Conservation and Culture Lab. Photo: Dale Kolke / California Department of Water Resources About a third of delta smelt samples from ...

Ask folks to tell you what smelt tastes like, and you find out real quick it’s a tougher question than you think. Debbie Calcagni, the self-described “lunch lady” who serves up plate after plate of it ...

Fish -- including endangered species like the Delta smelt -- are put in holding tanks then trucked to other parts of the Delta and released. From there, little is known about their fate. But most ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Maine’s smelts, a small fish beloved by ice fishermen, appear to be ...

Delta smelt are tiny fish — most adults are less than 3 inches long — and nearly translucent, with a steely-blue sheen on their sides. As larvae, they start out eating microscopic food like ...

We're back here on the saltwaters of Buzzards Bay. The winds were south-west all week, however today they have shifted and are now coming from the east. They say "east is least and west is best" when ...

Reporting from STOCKTON — The delta smelt is: 1) A nearly extinct species that serves as a crucial barometer for the health of the California Delta. 2) A useless bait fish that deprives Central Valley ...