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 ...

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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. Set weather. Back To Main Menu Close.

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 ...

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.

In the past 20 years, about $9 million in federal, state, local and private money has been spent to bring back shad in the James. With shad numbers low and little to show for the construction of ...

Now, American shad are causing the most trouble for fish ladders in the region, she said. “They kind of chill out. They don’t necessarily go all the way out of our ladder and then they spawn.

It’s well documented that the American shad that ascend the Delaware River each spring to spawn are a species of concern. The population is down significantly from where it was just a few ...

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 ...