Environmental Scientist Lauren Damon of California Department of Fish And Wildlife conducting a Spring Kodiak Trawl for Delta Smelt in the California Delta near Antioch, CA. They found just one adult. Assistant is Chelsea Lewis. Here they caught a small salmon heading down to the ocean.

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Environmental scientist holding endangered delta smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus) fish, Antioch, California, USA

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Location: Antioch, California, USA
Photo credit: © Peter Essick / Aurora Photos / Alamy / Afripics
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