Lehigh Valley Live

Delaware River shad tournament returns for 2025, with no repeat winners in 13 years

It’s not easy to win the Bi-State Shad Fishing Contest as evidenced by the fact that the tournament started in 2011 has never had a repeat winner. However, that doesn’t stop American shad angling ...

These fish once fed George Washington’s troops. Now, American shad levels are ‘not sustainable’ in the Delaware River.

The once-abundant American shad, along with river herring, have plummeted to levels considered depleted, according to new ...
Delaware Currents

Delaware River scientists and enthusiasts come together at FUDR’s River Rendezvous

Friends of the Upper Delaware River hosted its second River Rendezvous to bring scientists and fans of the Delaware River ...
The Times Leader

Delaware Sees Scads Of Shad

MILFORD – Like aliens from some foreign port, American shad have invaded the Delaware River. Each year hundreds of thousands of shad averaging about 4 pounds each migrate up the 330-mile river that ...
NJ.com

Shad Fishing: Volunteers help Steve Merserve keep the Lambertville tradition alive on the Delaware River

Steve Merserve, operator of the Lewis Fishery in Lambertville, and his crew of volunteers fish for Shad in the Delaware River on Thursday, April 7, 2011. Merserve is grandson of the late commercial ...
WHYY

Emergency dredging project to restore Delaware Indian River Inlet has begun

Crews are working to restore the severely eroded beach area north of the Indian River Inlet in southern Delaware. (DNREC photo) This story is part of the WHYY News Climate Desk, bringing you news and ...