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American Shad - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
The American shad (Alosa sapidissima), is a species of anadromous clupeid fish naturally distributed on the North American coast of the North Atlantic, from Newfoundland to Florida.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_shad
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Shad Fishing - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Wikipedia's information about shad fishing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shad_fishing
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ADW: Eastern Gizzard Shad - Dorosoma cepedianum
This is mostly a freshwater fish, usually living in lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, and reservoirs. However, it lives in the Chesapeake Bay, and there it is anadromous, meaning it lives in both salty and freshwaters.
http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Dorosoma_cepedianum/
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American Shad - Alosa sapidissima - MarineBio
Find out what's known about American Shad, Alosa sapidissima, Actinopterygii, Clupeiformes, Clupeidae, including their world range and habitats, feeding behaviors, life history, ecology, reproduction, and conservation status.
http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=443
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Shad - Fish, Clupeidae Family - Britannica
Any of several saltwater food fishes of the herring family (Clupeidae) that swim up rivers to spawn. Shad of the genus Alosa are rather deep bodied and have a notch in the upper jaw into which the tip of the lower fits.
http://www.britannica.com/animal/shad
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How to Catch Shad: 13 Steps (with Pictures) - wikiHow
How to Catch Shad. Shad are overgrown members of the herring family that live in the ocean but spawn in fresh water each spring. They're East Coast natives that are now found in abundance in the west, too.
http://www.wikihow.com/Catch-Shad
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Species - Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
Shad and river herring are anadromous fish that spend the majority of their adult lives at sea, only returning to freshwater in the spring to spawn. Historically, shad and river herring spawned in virtually every river and tributary along the coast.
http://www.asmfc.org/species/shad-river-herring
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Animal Corner: Shad Fish
The Allis Shad Fish (Alosa alosa (Linnaeus)) and the Twaite Shad Fish (Alosa fallax (Lacepede)), are both members of the herring family, Clupeidae. This species of fish form a large group of pelagic fishes found in seas throughout the world except the Antarctic. A majority of them are marine fish, however, some enter fresh water to spawn.
https://animalcorner.co.uk/animals/allis-shad/
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Underwater World - American Shad
The appearance of shad in fresh food markets of Maritime Canada is a sure sign of spring. The traditional spring meal in New Brunswick is shad and fiddleheads (young fern shoots). Although shad are bony and considered difficult to eat, those who have the patience or know-how to properly prepare it realize it is a tasty fish.
http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/Science/publications/uww-msm/articles/shad-alose-eng.htm
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Alosines - Fish Facts
American shad, hickory shad, and blueback herring are experiencing coastwide reductions in all stocks compared to historical populations. Current spawning runs of East Coast North American shad populations have been reduced to 10 percent of historical sizes and have been extirpated from more than 4,000 km (2,500 miles) of riverine habitat.
http://chesapeakebay.noaa.gov/fish-facts/alosines
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American Shad - Chesapeake Bay Program
Also known as white shad, the American shad is a thin river herring with a metallic body and dark spots on its shoulder. It visits the Chesapeake Bay each spring to spawn in freshwater rivers and streams.
http://www.chesapeakebay.net/fieldguide/critter/american_shad
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Shad Fishing in Washington - Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
You might call shad the lottery fish of Washington. When you're talking shad, you're talking big numbers. But there's one major difference--shad are a lot easier to come by than those million-dollar lottery payoffs.
http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/shad/
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FWS - American Shad
American shad are anadromous fish, meaning they spend most of their lives in saltwater but spawn in freshwater. Shad are found along the Atlantic seaboard from Labrador to Florida. Shad are an important food source for other fish such as bluefish and striped bass.
http://www.fws.gov/chesapeakebay/shad.htm
