Shad make comeback in northeast; Return: Tide is shifting in favor of American shad

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) | September 16, 2001| | Copyright

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.

Today, however, few people under age 40 may have heard of the fish, a member of the herring family ...

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