Data · dataset · 2026
Qualitative Larval Fish Sampling at the California Department of Water Resource’s State Water Project
Listed in California Open Data
The California Department of Water Resource’s State Water Project utilizes the John E. Skinner Delta Fish Protective Facility (Skinner Fish Facility) to salvage fishes that would otherwise become entrained during operations to divert water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta (Delta).
Description
Water is diverted from the Delta to meet California’s agricultural, municipal, industrial, and environmental needs. The Skinner Fish Facility, located in Contra Costa County and situated ahead of the Harvey O. Banks Pumping Plant, began salvaging fish in 1968 but historically, only recorded fork length measurements for fish greater than 20 millimeters.
Beginning in 2009, the Skinner Fish Facility implemented qualitative larval sampling in response to the 2008 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Opinion on the coordinated operations of the Central Valley Project (CVP) and State Water Project (SWP). This entailed collecting, retaining, and identifying larval fishes to better understand SWP impacts on Delta Smelt. Qualitative larval sampling took place annually from 2009 through 2025, during the Old and Middle River management period and based upon Delta Smelt spawning (typically mid-February to June).
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The California Department of Water Resources collected and processed samples from 2020 through 2025. Data from 2009 through 2019 were processed and retained by others and are not included in this dataset. ## About This Federated Record This CNRA Open Data Platform record is based on metadata federated from the Environmental Data Initiative (EDI) Data Portal. Its purpose is to improve the discoverability of the data package through the CNRA Open Data Platform.
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- California Open Data dataset page data.ca.gov/dataset/qualitative-larval-fish-sampling-at-the-california-dep… ↗
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Topics
- Stated by source
- Natural Resources · Water
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- Earth & Environmental Science
Provenance · 1 source records, 10 field assertions
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| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data ca gov | connector:data_ca_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[topic].ckan_group:data_ca_gov:natural-resources | source · data ca gov | connector:data_ca_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[topic].ckan_group:data_ca_gov:water | source · data ca gov | connector:data_ca_gov@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · data ca gov | connector:data_ca_gov@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · data ca gov | connector:data_ca_gov@1.0.0 | /notes |
| license_text | source · data ca gov | connector:data_ca_gov@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · data ca gov | connector:data_ca_gov@1.0.0 | |
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| updated_date | source · data ca gov | connector:data_ca_gov@1.0.0 |