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• “The New Zealand longfin eel, is one of the most important creatures in the faith of the New Zealand Maori, and one of the longest-lived and largest freshwater fishes in the world (they can grown seven feet long, and have been aged at 104 years).”

  The Huffington Post: James Prosek: 'Eels': The World's Most Mysterious Fish

• “In New Zealand, western scientists are trying to outfit large migratory eels with tags in order to track them on their oceanic journeys and find the place where they reproduce (in the case of the longfin eel the spawning location is thought to be over a thousand miles north near the island of New Caledonia).”

  The Huffington Post: James Prosek: 'Eels': The World's Most Mysterious Fish

• “But whether today or a month from now, there's a good chance that restrictions will be imposed to prevent a problem from occurring, whether because of longfin smelt or because of one of the other endangered and threatened fish that the pumps put at risk.”

  Doug Obegi: California's Water Problems Weren't Caused By a Fish: We Need a 21st Century Water Policy for Fish and People

• “The regulatory process is designed to keep these the fish from being sucked into the pumps, which has been a significant source of mortality: DFG estimates that more than 1.5 million adult and juvenile longfin smelt, and millions more larvae, have been killed by the water projects since 1993.”

  Doug Obegi: California's Water Problems Weren't Caused By a Fish: We Need a 21st Century Water Policy for Fish and People

• “That's why it isn't surprising that the California Department of Fish and Game today considered water pumping restrictions in the Bay-Delta to protect longfin smelt from being sucked into the export pumps of the state and federal water projects.”

  Doug Obegi: California's Water Problems Weren't Caused By a Fish: We Need a 21st Century Water Policy for Fish and People

• “The longfin smelt was historically one of the most abundant fish species in the Bay-Delta, but in the past several decades its population has been plummeting and is now at risk of extinction (joining a long list of species that are declining as a result of unsustainable actions in the estuary).”

  Doug Obegi: California's Water Problems Weren't Caused By a Fish: We Need a 21st Century Water Policy for Fish and People

• “We hope that the Department is right that current operations will prevent significant numbers of longfin smelt from being sucked into the pumps, and we expect that DFG will closely monitor the situation and take prompt action in future weeks if there is a problem.”

  Doug Obegi: California's Water Problems Weren't Caused By a Fish: We Need a 21st Century Water Policy for Fish and People

• “Nor is it merely the dramatic decline of other fish, including longfin smelt, threadfin shad, juvenile striped bass, green sturgeon and Central Valley”

  David Fiderer: Sean Hannity Steals From Hollywood In His Mockumentary, "The Valley Hope Forgot"

• “Commercial line fishing would be split into three sectors, the traditional linefish sector, the hand-line hake sector and the tuna sector with albacore (longfin) tuna as a traditional target.”

  ANC Daily News Briefing

• “Four species of native fish, including the longfin dace, the Gila mountain sucker, the Gila chub, and the speckled dace, exist in the Agua Fria River and its tributaries.”

  Proclamation Establishment Of The Agua Fria National Monument

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