Endangered Status
The delta smelt was once a common fish in the Sacramento-San Joaquin estuary. The population is much smaller than it was historically, and the species was listed in 1993 as threatened under both the California Endangered Species Act (CESA) and Federal Endangered Species Act (FESA). Critical habitat was listed for delta smelt on December 19, 1994. In 2008, the California Fish and Game Commission moved to uplist delta smelt to endangered under the CESA.
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