“View from the Water” Blog Catch the latest news and observations from IEP's biologists on the water. Subscribe Sign up to receive “View from the Water” blogposts by email. Search this Blog Articles Fall Midwater Trawl - Sacramento Deep Water Ship Channel September 19, 2022 The California Department of Wildlife's Fall Midwater Trawl was out in the Sacramento Deep Water Ship Channel on Friday, September 16. They were supposed to be surveying for pelagic fish, but looks like they mainly found and captured a lot of invasive aquatic vegetation. That can't be good. Figure 1. California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Fall Midwater Trawl staff sorting through invasive aquatic vegetation looking for fish (CDFW image). Figure 2. California Department of Fish and Wildlife staff sorting through the Fall Midwater Trawl catch of aquatic invasive weeds and fish and placing into buckets (CDFW image). Figure 3. Aquatic weeds and sticks mostly captured in the Fall Midwater Trawl in the Sacramento Deep Water Ship Channel (CDFW image). Categories: FMWT Tagged: Aquatic Vegetation Related Articles Fall Midwater Trawl - First Survey of the 2022 Survey Year Fall Midwater Trawl is out on the water conducting the first survey of the 2022 Survey Year. A Summer Day Sampling in Central Bay Day on the water with the San Francisco Bay Study Sturgeon in Suisun Bay and Plainfin Midshipmen in San Pablo Bay Sturgeon Trammel net activities in Suisun Bay during late September and early October and Fall Midwater Trawl activities in San Francisco Bay. Welcome to the “View from the Water” The inaugural blog post for the View from the Water. Catching up with the Lodi Fish and Wildlife Office, one net toss at a time Introduction to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Lodi Fish and Wildlife Office, and their monitoring programs. Summer Townet - Vegetation is Catch of the Day Summer Townet Catch in Sacramento River - August 17, 2022 Comments are closed.