Early reports from the St. Johns River indicate that the 2017 American shad run has begun. Traditionally they start showing up around Christmas and continue to be catchable through mid-March, sometimes later. The best place […]
The Penobscot River is New England’s second largest river, draining nearly one-third of the State of Maine with a watershed area of 8,570 square miles. The Penobscot River is used as a spawning or nursery […]
The scientific name of American shad, Alosa sapidissima, may mean savory fish, but it appears that the region’s hungry horde of blue catfish don’t necessarily share that view. Some fishery managers in recent years have […]
Mid-Atlantic fisheries regulators are weighing whether to take additional steps to protect American shad and river herring as they migrate along the East Coast, as some new research suggests significant numbers of herring may be […]
The Penobscot River Bridge in Howland and Enfield, Maine was built in 1946 and now needs to be replaced. The Penobscot River supports many types of sea-run fish including alewife, American shad, Atlantic salmon, and […]
People have been building dams across the Susquehanna River — originally for canals and later for hydropower — for nearly two centuries. For nearly as long, they’ve been debating the best way to get migratory […]
Winter 2015 featured an article announcing “The Spawn”, an environmental documentary film by VCU alumna Melissa Lesh, won first runner up at 2015 RVA Environmental Film Festival. Produced by VCU Life Sciences’ Outreach Education Coordinator […]
The Pamunkey along with its neighbor tribe, the Mattaponi, have stocked Virginia’s rivers with American shad for almost 100 years, releasing hatchery-grown fry into their namesake rivers on reservations they’ve lived on since the time […]
American shad showed up in Virginia tributaries in their strongest numbers in years this spring, but their struggles on the Susquehanna River continued as biologists reported the lowest-ever shad count at the Conowingo Dam. In […]
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