Smelt (fish)
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Smelts are a family of small fish, the Osmeridae, found in the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans, as well as rivers, streams and lakes in Europe, North America and Northeast Asia. They are also
Pond smelt illustration
Smelt dipping in the Keweenaw Peninsula in Michigan
Close-up of smelt for sale at a California seafood market
Fried smelt
Eulachon
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The eulachon, or the candlefish, is a small anadromous species of smelt that spawns in some of the major river systems along the Pacific coast of North America from northern California to Alaska.
Smelt (fish)
…to their protection under the Endangered Species Act. The Delta smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus) found in the Sacramento Delta of California, and the eulachon (Thaleichthys pacificus) found in the Northeast Pacific and adjacent rivers, are both protected from harvest. Some species of smelts are among the few…
Eulachon
First ever documentation of this species recorded in the journal of the Lewis and Clark Expedition on February 25, 1806 at Fort Clatsop
Eulachon rendering camp at the mouth of the Nass River, 1884.