This session will cover the often-unsung fish heroes that share the salmon space in the nearshore environment, estuaries, and rivers. Broadly speaking, the focus is on non-salmonids. Speaker topics include green sturgeon presence along the North Coast and the use of citizen science; long walks on the beach with night smelt; the return of Pacific lamprey to a Central Coast river; Clear Lake hitch and others. The goal of this session is to encourage salmon scientists and restoration practitioners to remove the salmon goggles, learn about the many other fish species that share space alongside salmon, and have the opportunity to ask experts on how to consider them in projects.