Estuaries Portal DRAFT Mock-up of Fish Content (This is content developed by several CEMW group members and has not been approved)

 Cal/EPA  Natural Resources Agency  About the California Water Quality Monitoring Council ESTUARIES  Stressors  Laws, Regulations & Standards  Research  Monitoring Programs, Data Sources & Reports  Restoration & Management Home Safe to Drink Safe to Swim Safe to Eat Fish Ecosystem HealthStressors & Processes Contact Us Home  California Estuaries  How healthy is the SF Estuary  Living Resources  Health Indicators  Fish  Indicator Diagram How Do We Assess Estuarine Health? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Webpage: ors/Fish/Framework

to be developed later  Cal/EPA  Natural Resources Agency  About the California Water Quality Monitoring Council ESTUARIES  Stressors  Laws, Regulations & Standards  Research  Monitoring Programs, Data Sources & Reports  Restoration & Management Home Safe to Drink Safe to Swim Safe to Eat Fish Ecosystem HealthStressors & Processes Contact Us Home  California Estuaries  How healthy is the SF Estuary  Living Resources  Indicators  Fish How Healthy are Living Resources in the SF Estuary? …………………………………..………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……… Webpage: ndicators/Fish/ Birds Healthy estuaries support diverse and resilient populations of living organisms dominated by native species and broadly distributed across different habitats (SOTB Report 2011). These living resources include mammals, birds, fish, invertebrates, plankton, plants, and fungi. The San Francisco Estuary supports a huge and diverse number of native and non-native species. Population trends differ for various species and are affected by environmental conditions. Environmental conditions include both human-induced and naturally occurring elements such as: amount, timing and quality of freshwater inflows, habitat extent and quality, ecological processes, pollution and resource management (SOTB 2011). Global climate change will also affect species populations in the future as sea levels and temperatures rise, further constricting habitat availability and suitability for many species. Although the overall trend for native species is declining for freshwater species, the diverse habitats within the San Francisco Estuary support a large variety of native and non-native fish species. The Estuaries portal divides species among three simplified groupings for ease of presenting recent data and trends: Bay Species, Delta Species and Anadromous Species. Because many species change habitat usage during their life cycle some species may be represented in more than one grouping (e.g. Longfin smelt are migratory, and were placed in the Bay and Delta Species grouping). Abundance trends, diversity, species composition and distribution were evaluated for the Bay Species (SOTB 2011). Fish Plankton How healthy are the living resources in the SF Estuary? Status Trend How do we measure health? Text here to be developed… To evaluate the health of these living resources, scientists identified health indicators (measures of health relevant to data sets available for the estuary) for the SF Bay (SOTB 2011) Scroll Bar to be developed later What are the drivers of trends? Text here…. How can I be a part of the solution? How are we improving health? How are we improving health? laws, protection Habitat improvements, etc… How de we track improvement? Performance Measures How de we track improvement? Performance Measures Scroll Bar Birds Fish Plankton Status Trend Status Trend Plants QUESTIONS ANSWERED  What are the living resources in the SF Estuary?  How do we assess the health of the living resources?  How healthy are the living resources in the SF Estuary?  What is being done to restore SF Estuary living resources?  How can I be part of the solution? Benthos

to be developed later  Cal/EPA  Natural Resources Agency  About the California Water Quality Monitoring Council ESTUARIES  Stressors  Laws, Regulations & Standards  Research  Monitoring Programs, Data Sources & Reports  Restoration & Management Home Safe to Drink Safe to Swim Safe to Eat Fish Ecosystem HealthStressors & Processes Contact Us Home  California Estuaries  How healthy is the SF Estuary  Living Resources  Indicators  Fish How Healthy are Fish in the SF Estuary? …………………………………..………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……… Webpage: ndicators/Fish/ Anadromous California’s native freshwater fishes are in serious decline with 83% of species extinct or vulnerable to extinction in the future (Moyle et al. 2011). The SF Estuary includes freshwater, salt water and anadromous species, but pressures on California’s native freshwater fish are typified in the SF estuary, including large human population, limited water supply, extensive habitat alteration and degradation and introduced species. Some of the SF Estuary’s most abundant fisheries have been extirpated, or reduced to threatened or endangered status, such as Longfin smelt (representative Delta species), Winter and spring-runs of Central Valley Chinook Salmon (representative anadromous species), Sacramento perch (extirpated Delta species). Although the overall trend for native species is declining for freshwater species, the diverse habitats within the San Francisco Estuary support a large variety of native and non-native fish species. The Estuaries portal divides species among three simplified groupings for ease of presenting recent data and trends: Bay Species, Delta Species and Anadromous Species. Because many species change habitat usage during their life cycle some species may be represented in more than one grouping (e.g. Longfin smelt are migratory, and were placed in the Bay and Delta Species grouping). Abundance trends, diversity, species composition and distribution were evaluated for the Bay Species (SOTB 2011). Delta Bay How healthy are the fish in the SF Estuary? Trend How do we measure fish health? Text here to be developed… Fish work well as ecological indicators for reflecting estuarine health because they integrate variables of public interest such as: water quality (e.g. pollution), sport fishing… Scroll Bar to be developed later What are the drivers of trends? Text here…. How can I be a part of the solution? How are we improving fish health? How are we improving fish health? QUESTIONS ANSWERED  What is an estuary?  Where are California’s estuaries?  How healthy is the SF Estuary?  What is being done to restore the SF Estuary?  How can I be part of the solution? laws, protection Habitat improvements, etc… How de we track improvement? Performance Measures How de we track improvement? Performance Measures Scroll Bar Abundance Diversity Distribution Species Compostion

to be developed later  Cal/EPA  Natural Resources Agency  About the California Water Quality Monitoring Council ESTUARIES  Stressors  Laws, Regulations & Standards  Research  Monitoring Programs, Data Sources & Reports  Restoration & Management Home Safe to Drink Safe to Swim Safe to Eat Fish Ecosystem HealthStressors & Processes Contact Us Home  California Estuaries  How healthy is the SF Estuary  Living Resources  Indicators  Fish How Healthy are Anadroumous Fish in the SF Estuary? …………………………………..………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……… Webpage: ndicators/Fish/ Fall Run Chinook Many of these native and non-native anadromous species populations abundance indices have declined precipitously in the latter part of the the 20 th century. Among the four formerly robust runs of Chinook salmon spawning in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River system, all are classified as endangered, threatened or species of concern. The Sacramento fall-run Chinook abundance remains substantial and provides for sport and commercial fisheries in most years. Winter-run Spring-run How healthy are the anadromous fish in the SF Estuary? Trend What are anadromous fish? Anadromous species of major interest in the SF Estuary include commercial, sport and regulated fish, such as Chinook salmon, steelhead, lamprey and sturgeon. Other non- native anadromous fish are present in the ecosystem such as introduced striped bass and American shad, and have historically been important fisheries since their introductions in the late 1800s. Many of these native and non-native anadromous species populations abundance indices have declined precipitously in the latter part of the the 20 th century. Among the four formerly robust runs of Chinook salmon spawning in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River system, all are classified as endangered, threatened or species of concern. The Sacramento fall-run Chinook abundance remains substantial and provides for sport and commercial fisheries in most years. Scroll Bar to be developed later What are the drivers of trends? Text here…. How can I be a part of the solution? How are we helping anadromous fish? How are we helping anadromous fish? QUESTIONS ANSWERED  What is an estuary?  Where are California’s estuaries?  How healthy is the SF Estuary?  What is being done to restore the SF Estuary?  How can I be part of the solution? laws, protection Habitat improvements, etc… How de we track improvement? Performance Measures How de we track improvement? Performance Measures Scroll Bar Abundance Diversity Distribution Species Compostion Salmon