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TIMOTHY D. MAY, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
09-09-2001
Shad Return to East Coast Rivers

COLUMBIA, Pa. (AP) -- Once, American shad swam up Atlantic coastal rivers in huge masses each spring, when instinct -- or some inner compass -- lured them by the millions from the ocean to their ancestral spawning beds.

Schools of the fork-tailed fish ruled the Chesapeake Bay and ran rivers like the Potomac, Susquehanna, Hudson and Connecticut in huge migrations. Shad from the Delaware River played a part in the American Revolution, feeding George Washington's troops during their historic crossing.

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