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.
 

Using Size-Spectrum Analysis to Explore Nursery Function and Habitat Use in the Eel River Estuary, Rachel Hein, MS Student, Cal Poly Humboldt 

 

Following the Smelt: Using Traditional Methods to Assess Day Fish Spawning Patterns Along Yurok Coastline in Northern California, Michelle Kunst, Marine Natural Resources Manager, Pulikla Tribe of Yurok People 

 

Presence, Distribution, and Movement of Green Sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris) in Humboldt County, California, Olivia Boeberitz, MS Student, Cal Poly Humboldt 

 

The Return of Pacific Lamprey to the Lower Santa Ynez River Basin, Santa Barbara County, CA Timothy H. Robinson, Ph.D., Cachuma Operation and Maintenance Board Fisheries Division 

 

Lampreys in California: Characterizing Diversity Using Genomic Tools, Grace Auringer, Ph.D. Student, UC Davis 

 

Advancing c’waam and koptu Recovery: Ambodat’s Recovery Strategy and Future Considerations in a Changing Upper Klamath Basin, Ryan Bart, Fisheries Biologist, The Klamath Tribes 

 

Native Fishes of Clear Lake, Luis Santana, Robinson Rancheria of Pomo Indians