Anglers chase American shad in the Delaware River on Thursday, April 20, 2023, during day one of the Bi-State Shad Fishing Contest at Phillipsburg-Easton.

Over the past four decades, the American shad population in Virginia — specifically the James River — collapsed. Humans are largely to blame. Dams, pollution, commercial fishing bycatch, water ...

The American shad is a silvery beauty, a valuable creature so entwined in our culture that it’s called the “Founding Fish.” Today it’s a foundering fish — despite decades of work to save ...

Newly born shad, still attached to their egg sacks, are being stocked in the Taunton River, allowing them to gain an “imprint on the unique characteristics of the river,” MassWildlife said.

An underrated type of seafood, shad is a fish that's tender but bony. Here's the best way to cook it to bring out its rich flavor, according to an expert.

As salmon and steelhead swim upstream, they’re now facing one more challenge in fish ladders. It’s a non-native fish competing for space: the American shad.

American shad swim upstream in freshwater rivers to spawn. The fish don't feed while spawning, leading to significant weight loss (as seen here). Anything that delays their spawning journey can ...

American shad, a type of herring native to the East Coast, are thriving in local rivers and showing up in Puget Sound in "unprecedented numbers," according to a state biologist.