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Hobbs @jimhobbsphd.bsky.social · 12d

And fish, shimps,crabs and clams.

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Hobbs @jimhobbsphd.bsky.social · 13d

Happy estuaries week. Unfortunately I’m going n the office analyzing data. #estuaries

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Hobbs @jimhobbsphd.bsky.social · 23d

You’re on the board.

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Hobbs @jimhobbsphd.bsky.social · Aug 19

We were out at Wildcat Creek Marsh today sampling fishes for the #WRMP catch was light but found some favorites

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Hobbs @jimhobbsphd.bsky.social · Jun 18

I’m out on the Napa Marsh today helping @janousekwild.bsky.social conduct plant surveys for the Wetland Regional Monitoring Program

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Hobbs @jimhobbsphd.bsky.social · Jun 11

🌊🐟 It’s Baby Fish Month in the Bay! May is booming with tiny silversides, gobies, and smelt in our latest #FishInTheBay update from the WRMP Fish & Habitat Team ➡️ www.ogfishlab.com/2025/05/08/f... #SFBay #EstuaryScience

Fish in the Bay – May 2025, Extra Baby Fish Month

Extra Baby Fish Month! It happened again. Every once in a while, we see a bigger goby baby boom in May instead of April. This month, we counted 714 baby gobies versus only 308 in April. We experie...

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Hobbs @jimhobbsphd.bsky.social · Jun 11

Almost like being a soft-monied researcher supporter solely by federal contracts.

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Hobbs @jimhobbsphd.bsky.social · May 29

I’m looking forward to catching up with my fishy colleagues tomorrow for @calnevaafs.bsky.social workshop.
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AFS One Day Workshop 2025

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Hobbs @jimhobbsphd.bsky.social · May 15

That’s never happened to me. Ha

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Hobbs @jimhobbsphd.bsky.social · May 14

What does a fish biologist trunk smell like?

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Hobbs @jimhobbsphd.bsky.social · May 4

On the train to Oakland for the Sacramento Republic match against the Oakland Roots.

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Hobbs @jimhobbsphd.bsky.social · May 2

#CESA

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Hobbs @jimhobbsphd.bsky.social · May 2

Yeesss

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Hobbs @jimhobbsphd.bsky.social · Apr 30

So now was not a good time to leave stable state work for soft money research?

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Hobbs @jimhobbsphd.bsky.social · Apr 17

“Fish in the Bay” – March 2025 (Part 2):
From halibut to baby gobies, and the buggy critters they dine on — we’re diving into what’s lurking at the bottom of the South Bay.

Catch up on the latest findings from our monthly trawls and see what spring is stirring up beneath the surface!

Fish in the Bay – March 2025, Part2. Bottom fishes & bugs

As often happens, there was no room for discussion about bottom fishes and bugs in Part 1 of the March report. The list of loose ends is long. 1. Flatfishes.California Halibut count = 16. Halibut ...

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Hobbs @jimhobbsphd.bsky.social · Apr 9

First survey of the #WRMP @sfestuaryinstitute for the ogfishlab.com @ucdavis @ucd_wfcb #teamfish #cawater #wetland

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Hobbs @jimhobbsphd.bsky.social · Mar 28

New from Fish in the Bay: A photo-rich special report on the Jan–Feb 2025 Lower South Bay broodstock trawls. It’s part art, part science—a fish opera in pictures. Dive in: www.ogfishlab.com/2025/03/19/f...

Fish in the Bay – Special Report: Lower South Bay Broodstock Trawls, Jan-Feb 2025 – Pictures at an Exhibition, A Fish Opera.

This is a third and final report on 2025 Longfin Smelt Broodstock Trawls. I was not present at most of the Broodstock events. Instead, UC Davis team members sent phone camera photos of their most in...

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Terre Logsdon @terreal.bsky.social · Mar 25

More Clear Lake Hitch - Chi to the local Tribes, a keystone cultural species - making their way up Alley Creek in Upper Lake! #Spawn #Fisheries #Fish Rain is on the way again tomorrow for the next week or so which will make their journey more difficult (higher flows, more turbid). Swim lil minnows!

More Clear Lake Hitch - Chi to the local Tribes, a keystone cultural species - making their way up Alley Creek in Upper Lake to spawn.

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UC Davis Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute @ucdmarinescience.bsky.social · Mar 25

🚨 Job Alert! 🚨 The Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute at @ucdavis.bsky.social is searching for a Professor and Director to join us in advancing the mission of CMSI.

View the position description and apply by the next review date, April 27th, here: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07044

The sun rising over the sea, seen from a rocky coastal bluff.

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Hobbs @jimhobbsphd.bsky.social · Mar 22

I might have candidate for you @sharkeye.bsky.social

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Hobbs @jimhobbsphd.bsky.social · Mar 20

Longfin Smelt spawning in the Alviso Marsh (Oz). Could this be due to the Anderson Dam decommissioning? A little flow goes a long ways in Oz. #cawater #TeamFish #SFE

www.ogfishlab.com/2025/03/17/f...

Fish in the Bay – Special Report: Lower South Bay Broodstock Trawls, Jan 2025 – Return to Oz.

Longfin Smelt Broodstock trawls continued over numerous days through January, February, and even into the first weeks of March. I only attended three of the events: one in Suisun/Grizzly Bay and ...

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Hobbs @jimhobbsphd.bsky.social · Mar 13

In December the #ogfishlab @wfcbucdavis.bsky.social was out in Suisun Marsh looking for Longfin Smelt for the culture and conservation of the species #CAwater #TeamFish

www.ogfishlab.com/2025/03/10/f...