In California, people that depend on dwindling salmon populations say they stand to lose everything if more water is diverted ...

The federal government has reinstated funding for UC Davis’ delta smelt breeding program, a critical conservation effort.

A terrific breeder (the female casts more than 20,000 eggs), the smelt fed on insect larvae, other fish and sometimes its own young. Green Bay fishermen began to notice something wrong last winter ...

The University of California, Davis' Fish Conservation and Culture Laboratory was in financial limbo after its grant lapsed.

SAN FRANCISCO— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed protecting the San Francisco Bay population of longfin smelt as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act. The formerly ...

The delta smelt is a 2- to 3-inch fish that lives only in parts of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and San Francisco Bay. Once abundant in the region, the smelt is now difficult for even ...