It’s tiny, it’s silver and it’s at the center of a decades-long controversy over California’s water system. It’s the delta ...

For a small fish only found in the San Francisco Estuary, the delta smelt has caused a lot of controversy over the years.

Adequate flow and suitable water quality is required for adult access to spawning habitat and transport of juveniles to Bay rearing habitat. RANGE: Delta smelt are restricted to the upper reaches of ...

Special attention has been paid to spawning conditions for the Sacramento ... fishing has been banned statewide for two years ...

These encompass the most crucial habitats that provide the necessary water flows, temperature, salinity, turbidity and substrate conditions for smelt spawning, rearing and feeding. “Like most of the ...

The order blames the “catastrophic halt” of water due to protections for the delta smelt, a small endangered creature that Trump recently called an “essentially worthless fish.” ...

Any move, such as declaring the Delta smelt as extinct or removing it from ... Smelt wait for these turbid conditions to migrate to their winter spawning grounds. Ever since this discovery ...

For a small fish found only in the San Francisco Estuary, the Delta smelt has caused much controversy over the years, ranging from lawsuits to executive orders. What is the history of the Delta smelt?