Their most distinctive characteristic is their long pectoral fins, which give the species its common name. Longfin smelt were once one of the most abundant open-water fishes in the San Francisco Bay ...

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. In 1993, the smelt was listed as ...

Nothing, apart from a need for water. That hasn’t stopped President Donald Trump from taking aim yet again at the endangered delta smelt as he threatens to withhold federal aid from victims of ...

Probably the most controversial fish in this region, if not in California as a whole, is the Delta Smelt. The Delta smelt is the poster child of all that is wrong in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

Pity the poor delta smelt. The tiny fish, which seldom grows to more than four inches or lives longer than a year, was once abundant in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. It was an important link ...

Some politicians have claimed that protections for a tiny endangered fish species called the delta smelt are impeding firefighters' abilities to battle the blaze because of water diversion ...

Their most distinctive characteristic is their long pectoral fins, which give the species its common name. Longfin smelt were once one of the most abundant open-water fishes in the San Francisco Bay ...