WSB in Carlsbad

[Saba Slayer]

Wayne Kotow and I met with some of the staff at HSWRI in Carlsbad yesterday to talk about CCA's collaboration on the search for a new species to add to the replenishment program.
To help the HSWRI staff, CCA CAL will be conducting a survey with the Southern California recreational anglers at the upcoming fishing shows and also online. I'll post more info as soon as the work is done and the survey is ready to present to the public.
Before we left Carlsbad we got to see the incubation room in full bloom. I believe they are preping to have the fish ready to deliver to the grow-outs in late March. It's such an impressive program, I'm always amazed by the science of it all!
There are about a half a dozen tanks in the room with tiny baby WSB and some plankton like food in them.



You're looking into a tank and seeing the reflection of the walls and overhead light, the bigger red dots you see are the WSB and you can watch them swim/dart for about 1/2" then rest. The other smaller dots are a plankton like critter that they eat.