plural shad
: any of several fishes (especially genus Alosa) of the shad family that have a relatively deep body and are anadromous and that include some important food fishes of Europe and North America
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For the eels, the removal will reconnect more than 183 miles of habitat, according to American Rivers, and 65 miles for river herring and shad.
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Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 16 July 2024
The dam removals promise ecosystem benefits by returning rivers to their natural states, including by reopening upriver habitats to migratory fish like American eels, river herring and shad.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 16 July 2024
Since then, the fishing market has exploded with options from the Doomsday Tackle C-Shad (modeled after a photo of a threadfin shad), to the YUM Sonar Minnow that produced half of Jason Christie’s fish during his 2022 Bassmaster Classic win at Lake Hartwell.
—David A. Brown, Field & Stream, 27 June 2024
Woodworth said there are five migratory fish affected by the dam: American eel, sea lamprey, blueback herring, alewife and American shad.
—Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2024
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Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 16 July 2024
The dam removals promise ecosystem benefits by returning rivers to their natural states, including by reopening upriver habitats to migratory fish like American eels, river herring and shad.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 16 July 2024
Since then, the fishing market has exploded with options from the Doomsday Tackle C-Shad (modeled after a photo of a threadfin shad), to the YUM Sonar Minnow that produced half of Jason Christie’s fish during his 2022 Bassmaster Classic win at Lake Hartwell.
—David A. Brown, Field & Stream, 27 June 2024
Woodworth said there are five migratory fish affected by the dam: American eel, sea lamprey, blueback herring, alewife and American shad.
—Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2024
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shad
noun
plural shad
: any of several sea fishes that are related to the herrings, swim up rivers to lay or fertilize eggs, and include important food fishes
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