MOSQUITOFISH SERVICE CHANGES

MOSQUITO BYTES NEWSLETTER

Read This First, BEFORE Trying to Pick Up Fish at the District

One mosquitofish can eat hundreds of young mosquitoes (larvae) in the water.

With spring right around the corner, the time is now to take steps to prevent mosquitoes. Dump out any standing water and if you're a Contra Costa County resident with a water feature on your property including a backyard pond or unmaintained swimming pool, it's time to start thinking about mosquitofish.

Before you get in the car, though — stop. Do not start driving to the Contra Costa Mosquito & Vector Control District (District) to pick up fish, because our service has changed and in-person fish pick up is no longer available.

After a review of the program coupled with the District's need to accurately report where mosquitofish are placed within Contra Costa County, the District changed its mosquitofish service and those changes have become permanent.

While in-person fish pick-up from the District's office in Concord is no longer available, it's actually easier than ever to request the District's Mosquitofish Service. From the comfort of your own home, Contra Costa County residents can call the District at (925) 685-9301 or go online to request the District's Mosquitofish Service.

Once the District receives the request, a District employee will contact the resident within five business days to schedule an appointment to conduct an inspection of the water feature to confirm that mosquitofish are the appropriate answer for the mosquito issues on the property. If mosquitofish are necessary, the District employee will place the fish in the water feature. And just like the rest of the District services, there is no additional charge for the mosquitofish.

Click here to learn more about these amazing fish and how they control mosquitoes.

WITH PROGRAM CHANGES, COFFEE CANS ARE NO LONGER NEEDED

Thank You for Donating Your Coffee Cans in the Past

We have long appreciated the Contra Costa County residents who have donated clean, empty coffee cans for the District to use to send mosquitofish home with residents, but now that the District no longer provides in-person mosquitofish pick-up, coffee cans are no longer needed.

Again, we thank the residents who went out of their way to collect, clean, and deliver cans to our office. Please continue to recycle your empty coffee cans at home.

Clean, empty coffee cans are no longer needed by the District for mosquitofish transport.

Contra Costa Mosquito & Vector Control District, an independent special district and public health agency, is located at 155 Mason Circle in Concord. Contact the District to report mosquito and vector problems online or at (925) 685-9301.

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