The American Shad (Alosa sapidissima)
The American Shad (Alosa sapidissima) Shad grow to 30 inches long, with a maximum weight of about 12 pounds They are silver on the sides, with a greenish or hluish-metallic sheen on the hack The scales are large and readily detach when the fish is handled Shad have one to two, rarely three, rows of dark spots extending
THE LIFE HISTORY OF AMERICAN SHAD - FWS
AMERICAN SHAD • Family: Clupeidae (herring, shads, sardines, menhaden) • Genus: Alosa (hickory shad, blueback herring, alewife) • American shad is largest species • Hickory shad have “underbite” • Name: sapidissima = delicious • Common names: white shad roe shad (females), buck shad (males) Alosa sapidissima
Herring and Shad Identification Tips
American Shad (average length: 20-24 inches) Hickory Shad (average length: 12-20 inches) Lower jaw fits into a notch under the upper jaw Lower jaw extends beyond upper jaw Often has greenish-to-dark-bluish metallic shine along back Grayish-green back fading to silvery sides Herring and Shad Identification Tips
Delaware’s Shad and River Herring
Delaware’s Shad and River Herring A Recreational Anglers Guide American Shad The American shad is the largest of the Delaware shad and herring Bluish green back with silvery sides At the upper side of the gill plate, a dark spot is present which is usually followed by a row of
Connecticut River Shad Management Plan - FWS
The adult American Shad production target(s), which are based on accessible and potentially accessible spawning and nursery habitat area and future mixed age class spawning stock returns (within year), have been utilized in other recent American Shad plans and studies including the Roanoke River, Virginia
The Return of American Shad to the Potomac River: 20 Years of
shad from mid-Atlantic rivers northward can return from the ocean in subsequent years to spawn It is a planktivore, whose gill structures form a net to capture small
Hudson River American shad Recovery Plan
Directed ocean harvest of American shad has ended, but losses to in-river harvest continue Losses of young and adult shad to ocean commercial bycatch (unintended catches) may have been a factor in the decline, but the magnitude of such losses is essentially unknown Young American shad in the river are also lost to various cooling water intakes
It’s Autumn – The Great Shad Migration
“Threadfin shad adults rarely exceed 5 to 6 inches but can reach a maximum size of 9 inches, whereas the gizzard shad adults are usually 10 to 16 inches long and reach a maximum size of 20 inches and 3 5 pounds,” Dennis said “They are both pelagic (open-water) schooling fish, but the threadfin shad
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