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

Fishermen were out on the Delaware River Thursday for a fishing tournament. The bi-state Shad Fishing Contest in New Jersey and Pennsylvania got underway Thursday. Shad are born in fresh water but ...

The fish are a critical food source for larger fish like striped bass, as well as bears, raptors, cormorants and gulls.

Since 1989, the Chesapeake Bay Program said partners have worked together to open up migratory routes. To date, 35,258 miles ...

Anglers have long used different environmental phenomena to mark the onset of their sporting seasons. For example, many fishermen maintain that when eastern North Carolina’s ubiquitous dogwoods begin ...

Chesapeake Bay Program partners restored access to 303 stream miles for migratory fish across the watershed during 2022 and ...