Academic research, delta smelt, and public policy: a personal history

Peter Moyle

Native Delta Fishes

1975

Relationship between cumulative publications of Peter Moyle and fish imperilment in California

M.Sparkman

California Fish & Game 56(4): 314-315

OF CALIFORNIA

Peter B. Royle

AVERAGE STATUS SCORES: NATIVE FISHES

GREEN – BEST RED - WORST

Maps by Andy Bell & Rebecca Quinones

1975 Today

1982 Environmental Biology of Fishes 7(3):229-42.

Goals of Suisun Study• Monitor fish populations• Understand communities• Train students

Dr Randy Brown 1937-2006

Daniels & Moyle1983Fisheries Bulletin

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P T T ER, S IN DISTRIBUTIO AND ABUNDANCE OF A ;-VOI.VED ASSEMBLAGE 01: E TUARI lE F1SHES IN CALIFOR ,I

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1992.Transactions American Fisheries Soc. 121: 67-77

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Life I li tory and tatus of Delta Smelt in the Sacramento- an Joaquin E tuary, California

PETER B. f\10Yl.E AND BR E HERROLD

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Do ALD E. STEVENs AND LEE w. MILLER

California Department of Fish and Game 400 I North JVilson H'ay. StocJ...ton. Cal(fornia 95205, 'SA

Ab tract. - The delta smelt I h•ponze~u'i transpacificu'i is endemic to the upper Sacrament<>- 'an Joaquin estuary. It ts closcl} as ociated with the freshwater-saltwater mi:\ing zone e ccpt when it

pawn in fresh water. primanl} during March. Apnl , and Ma}. The delta smelt feed on zoo­plankton. principally copepods. Its dominant prey was the natiYc copepod Eur)'lemora alfmis in 1972-1974 but the e>..ottc copepod Pseudod1aptomus forhesi in 1988. Because the delta smelt has a 1-year life C}cle and low fecund it} (mean, 1,907 eggs1fcmale). it is ntcularh sensJtt\e to in estuarine condt throughout the del

urve} encom After 1983. howe' throughout most di,er ion ofintlowi the mi ing lOne to the entrainment of population size is li

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Delta smeltLongfin smeltSacramento splittailGreen sturgeonSpring run ChinookLate-fall run ChinookSJ fall run ChinookSacramento perch

November 1996

Delta smelt: extinction in wild is likely

2016 FMWT index = 0(so far)

Graph by Tom Cannon

Listing, 1993

1992

1989

Strategic Plan for the Ecosystem Restoration Program -1998

Strategic Plan Core TeamFor the CALFED Bay-Delta Program

Michael HealeyWim KimmererMatt KondolfRod MeadePeter MoyleBob Twiss

March 2007

Suisun Marsh: Ecological History and Possible Futures

Peter MoyleAmber ManfreePeggy Fiedler

University of California Press 2014

Suisun Marshesca. 1900 William F. Jackson

Courtesy Crocker Art Museum

North Delta Habitat Arc

California Water BlogNovember 8, 2016

Thanks for listening

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Splittail – Suisun Marsh

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Biology and Population Dynamics of Sacramento Splittail (Pogonichthys macrolepidotus) in the San Francisco Estuary: A Review Peter B. Moyle1, Randall D. Baxter2, Ted Sommer3, Ted C. Foinc, and Scou A. Matems

• Dept of Wildlife. Rsh and Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis, CA. 2 California Dept of Fish and Game, Stockton. CA. J Cahfomia Dept. of Water Resources, Sacramento, CA. 4 Dept of Agronomy and Range Science, University of California, Davis, CA. s Dept. of Biologtcal Sctence, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA.