Figure 2.

(A) Example of a restored salt marsh in South San Francisco Bay where relatively high densities of (B) adult Longfin Smelt were often observed during the spawning season. Many of the adults captured were expressing (C) milt or eggs (shown), indicative of spawning. In 2017 and 2019, (D) postlarval Longfin Smelt recruits were also observed in restored marshes and adjacent sloughs, indicating successful spawning and rearing in Lower South San Francisco Bay during years of high precipitation and freshwater outflow.