American Shad

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Name: American Shad

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

FOCUS ON BERLIN: High Pond Dam fishway open

BERLIN — American shad, river herring and other migratory species of fish are swimming past the High Pond Dam on the Mattabesset River for the first time in 100 years, the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection estimates.This is possible ... [Published NewBritainHerald.com - May 15 2013]

Entities: Berlin, The Nature Conservancy, Ecosystem Management, Jack Walker

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Photos: Shad Restoration on the Potomac River

Two fishing nets were laid in the choppy Potomac River near Mason Neck on Monday afternoon, and the crew of biologists, fishermen and students waited on Brad Harley's weathered 21-foot pontoon boat for American shad - the world's largest herring.Look ... [Published Lorton Patch - May 14 2013]

Entities: Potomac River, Shad, Jim Cummins

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Nature Conservancy opens E. Berlin fishway

The Nature Conservancy on Thursday will open a new fishway on the Mattabesset River in East Berlin with the help of the Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection.The fishway restores disdromous fish passage to 16.5 miles of spawning ... [Published Hartford Business Journal - May 09 2013]

Entities: Berlin, The Nature Conservancy, American Eel, American Shad, Silver Perch

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

Choose plants to honor those you’ve picked as friends

Planted a little shadbush in my front yard the other day for Larry Simns, a Chesapeake waterman friend, recently deceased.It's one of the ways I pay my respects, foster life in death's face, green the shadows, mark the passage—a long habit begun when ... [Published Chesapeake Bay Journal - May 06 2013]

Entities: Chesapeake Corporation, Sorbus domestica, Entropy, American Shad, Tidal River

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

Chesapeake Corporation

It’s time for us to go to war again over American shad

Alosa sapidissima — the American Shad. In Latin, its name translates to "most savory herring," yet the shad's exquisite flavor so craved by Chesapeake people for thousands of years is unknown to most folks in today's watershed. For millennia, as March ... [Published Chesapeake Bay Journal - May 06 2013]

Entities: Chesapeake Corporation, American Shad, Shad, Estuary

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Holyoke fish lift set for another season of entertaining thousands with aquatic migration

The annual viewing season of the lift at the Robert E. Barrett Fishway -- which carries fish over the dam -- begins May 8.Last year, more than 500,000 fish migrated the lift compared to the 2002 record of 374,548, said Kate C. Sullivan, marketing coordinator ... [Published MassLive - May 02 2013]

Entities: American Shad, Sea Lamprey, Atlantic Salmon, Shad, Dianthus caryophyllus

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Fish Finder -- Published May 1, 2013

Best trolling of striped bass appears to be on the Sacramento River side, especially from Chain Island to the bridge at the mouth of Three Mile Slough. Deep-diving lures seem to outperform the shallow runners. Top stripers go 14 pounds, though most weigh ... [Published Recordnet.com - May 01 2013]

Entities: Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, American Shad, Sacramento River, Crappie

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Tidal Slam and a Runaway Train

The sofa was telling my body that I really needed to stay put one recent evening, but my brain was saying otherwise. It had been way too long since I had put the boat in the water and wet a line for shad. So, when my wife came home I wrenched myself out ... [Published King George Journal - May 01 2013]

Entities: American Shad, Hickory, Crappie, Species

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Shad make a run up the river

Fisheries closed to allow species to regain numbers One of the Hudson Rivers signature species has begun its annual spring run up the river.American shad come back to the Hudson each year to spawn. Shad were the basis of a commercial fishery that was ... [Published Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Shad, American Shad, Species, Hudson River, Fisheries

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Even Shad Could Use A Little Help

Good Year Likely, But A Catch Limit Is ComingThe scientific name of the American shad, Alosa sapidissima, provides a hint as to why it is many people's favorite fish, and why the season when they swim upriver to their breeding grounds is so eagerly awaited. ... [Published Hartford Courant - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Shad, American Shad, Herring

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Shad Festival 2013 in Lambertville offers bands, food, crafts and more

The festival is held, rain or shine, both days from noon to 5:30 p.m. Portions of downtown streets are closed and filled with 80 crafters and artists, many vendors and things to do. This year lead organizer Ellen Pineno at the Lambertville Area Chamber ... [Published Hunterdon County Democrat - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Shad, Zach Hill, American Shad

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Low numbers of American shad a mystery

Imagine swarms of small silvery zeppelins, about 14 inches to perhaps two feet. Flattened to a knife edge. Maybe 3 pounds to 5 pounds. Cloaked in rough scales the size of fingernails. Toothless mouth agape, the better to ingest microscopic food. ... [Published CourierPostOnline.com - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: American Shad

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According to Cummins, shad are a major food source for "everything from bears, bald eagles (who time the hatching of their young to the run) ospreys, to striped bass, catfish, minnows, crabs and… plankton."

Photos: Shad Restoration on the Potomac River [Published Lorton Patch - May 14 2013]

"All of us at StanChem have been very supportive of this," said StanChem President Jack Waller. "Doing our part ot help the state of Connecticut and environemnt is a corporate goal, and we're thrilled to have done our part."

Partners Celebrate Mattabesset River Fishway Benefitting Mig. . . [Published Equities.com - May 10 2013]

...Buoyed by corks, the nets would float near the surface, drifting, expectant: "On a sunset evening, running back along those long rows of corks, beginning to bob as the shad hit the mesh, that was something."

Choose plants to honor those you’ve picked as friends [Published Chesapeake Bay Journal - May 06 2013]

"The fishway is fun for all ages and admission is free" Sullivan said

Holyoke fish lift set for another season of entertaining thousands with aquatic migration [Published MassLive - May 02 2013]

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Mattabesset River Fishway opens in East Berlin [Published Record-Journal.com - May 17 2013]
FOCUS ON BERLIN: High Pond Dam fishway open [Published NewBritainHerald.com - May 15 2013]
Photos: Shad Restoration on the Potomac River [Published Lorton Patch - May 14 2013]
Partners Celebrate Mattabesset River Fishway Be... [Published Equities.com - May 10 2013]
Nature Conservancy opens E. Berlin fishway [Published Hartford Business Journal - May 09 2013]
Outdoors: Thousands of shad expected to ascend ... [Published Worcester Telegram & Gazette - May 07 2013]
Don’t disturb nature unless absolutely necessary [Published Recorder.com - May 07 2013]
It’s time for us to go to war again over Americ... [Published Chesapeake Bay Journal - May 06 2013]
Choose plants to honor those you’ve picked as f... [Published Chesapeake Bay Journal - May 06 2013]
Outdoors: Gold Pins for finest catches of 2012 [Published Worcester Telegram & Gazette - May 03 2013]
Holyoke fish lift set for another season of ent... [Published MassLive - May 02 2013]
Fishway to the Presumpscot unveiled [Published Individual.com - May 02 2013]
Tidal Slam and a Runaway Train [Published King George Journal - May 01 2013]
Outdoors Report - May 1, 2013 [Published King George Journal - May 01 2013]
Fish Finder -- Published May 1, 2013 [Published Recordnet.com - May 01 2013]
The Shad Dart: Best lure ever? [Published Carroll County Online - Apr 30 2013]
Fishing heats up, as hunters prepare to talk tu... [Published Register Star - Apr 30 2013]
Shad make a run up the river [Published Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Apr 29 2013]
Even Shad Could Use A Little Help [Published Hartford Courant - Apr 29 2013]
Group plans to create fish habitat with crushed... [Published Fayetteville Observer - Apr 28 2013]
The Season When Local Chefs Go Wild [Published New York Times - Apr 27 2013]
Shad Festival 2013 in Lambertville offers bands... [Published Hunterdon County Democrat - Apr 25 2013]
Low numbers of American shad a mystery [Published CourierPostOnline.com - Apr 25 2013]
Commission adopts recreational ocean and river ... [Published San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center - Apr 19 2013]
New Savannah Bluff fish bypass remains top prio... [Published Augusta Chronicle - Apr 16 2013]
Blocked Migration: Fish Ladders On U.S. Dams Ar... [Published Water Conserve: News - Apr 04 2013]
VSNAP will be in Brattleboro Thursday [Published Battleboro Reformer - Nov 27 2012]
Where are the shad? [Published Philadelphia Inquirer - Aug 27 2012]
Easton dam removal plans weigh fish routes, can... [Published Lehigh Valley Express-Times - Aug 23 2012]