tidewater

Fish and Wildlife Service’s military conservation partner of the year for its efforts to support the recovery of several species, including the tidewater goby, coastal California gnatcatcher, the arroyo toad and southern California steelhead.

Another endangered fish, northern tidewater gobies, were rescued from the same watershed shortly before the steelhead were liberated.

Less than a week before the trout were evacuated, 760 northern tidewater gobies — tiny endangered fish — were scooped out of the same watershed and transported to aquariums.

Their mission: Save the lives of northern tidewater gobies, a tiny endangered fish.

Genetic research conducted in 2021 found that eels likely reside in most rivers that snake inland from the Pacific coast and further north, in the tidewaters cradling the Sea of Japan.