For a small fish only found in the San Francisco Estuary, the delta smelt has caused a lot of controversy over the years.

For 61 years the Darwin Rod and Gun Club has continued a tradition of serving up baskets of a small species of fish with a ...

Nicknamed the "French fry of the lake," smelt are a bite-sized, mild-flavored fish that are best served lightly dredged and deep-fried. On average, they grow to about five inches in length ...

Smelt’s annual return from the ocean has long drawn thousands of dip-netters up and down the Cowlitz River. This year, however, the prized tradition will be different. The Washington Department ...

MITO--Government and company officials here plan to turn Lake Kasumigaura, known for “wakasagi” smelt and “shirauo” icefish, into a caviar production center using the roe of locally farmed ...

Pity the poor delta smelt. The tiny fish, which seldom grows to more than four inches or lives longer than a year, was once abundant in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. It was an important link ...