American shad models and data were peer-reviewed during the 2020 Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) American Shad Benchmark Stock Assessment. River herring models and underlying data ...

By Elizabeth Tucker– In the late spring, a “Serengeti-scale” migration takes place under the quiet surface of the Hudson. Vast numbers of fish leave the unprotected waters of the Atlantic Ocean, ...

Striped bass, also called stripers, are not native to the river system, and, along with American shad (another nonnative species), are predators to salmon and trout in the lower Yuba River.

Bass 2 Striped bass 1 Shad 2 Bluegill 3 Crappie 2 As anticipated, American shad are migrating up the river arm as is the case in late May/early June and taking shad darts .

American shad are up in the upper reservoir for their run up the San Joaquin River. The lake rose 5 feet to 560.62 feet in elevation and 84 percent.

To those who cast their nets into the Delaware River each spring, hoping for a bounty of shad, it’s a tradition worth saving.

The 14th annual Bi-State Shad Fishing Contest opened Thursday on the Delaware River and runs through Sunday. This year’s contest drew 1,157 registrants, up about 50 from last year, organizer ...

The commission’s first mission was to repopulate American shad, a once-ubiquitous fish that spawned en masse in the Susquehanna and Delaware Rivers. Fish were transported via horse-and-buggy in the ...

The fish, believed to be American shad, were about 3-5 inches in length. They were still fresh, though motionless, when Searles first spotted them about 11 a.m.