Uncertain future in California water wars for predator fish

[WB Staff]

In California’s never-ending water and fish wars, the striped bass doesn’t get nearly the publicity as its celebrity counterparts, the endangered Chinook salmon and Delta smelt.

Yet the striped bass is at the heart of a protracted fight over California’s water supply, 140 years after the hard-fighting fish, beloved by anglers, was introduced here from the East Coast.

Wealthy agricultural and Southern California urban water interests, tired of seeing their Central Valley water supplies reduced to protect native fish, have been quietly waging a war against the bass because they prey on hatchling salmon and adult smelt. They’ve repeatedly tried to introduce legislation or change regulations that would reduce the numbers of striped bass from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

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[hydro]

Predatory fish are not the problem it's predatory water grabbers from down south .

[mark poulson]

Predatory fish are not the problem it's predatory water grabbers from down south .

Amen! No more "free" water for exported crops.

[El Jefe]

Predatory fish are not the problem it's predatory water grabbers from down south .

Amen! No more "free" water for exported crops.

Or “ No more water for non native species”...... can’t have your cake and eat it too..... let’s harpoon some seals while we’re at it.

[mark poulson]

Predatory fish are not the problem it's predatory water grabbers from down south .

Amen! No more "free" water for exported crops.

Or “ No more water for non native species”...... can’t have your cake and eat it too..... let’s harpoon some seals while we’re at it.

Funny how non native species weren't a problem until they began exporting water south via the CA Aqueduct.

[ash]

i thought we were a refuge state and wanted to open our borders for native and non native residents alike

[mark poulson]

i thought we were a refuge state and wanted to open our borders for native and non native residents alike

Hahaha

[hydro]

i thought we were a refuge state and wanted to open our borders for native and non native residents alike

Hahaha

Actually they have proposed building walls in Franks Tract. Dam !

[mark poulson]

i thought we were a refuge state and wanted to open our borders for native and non native residents alike

Hahaha

Actually they have proposed building walls in Franks Tract. Dam !

They need somewhere to put the dirt from Newsome's tunnel.