Survey Teams Fish For Signs Of Successful Shad Restoration In Maryland’s Rivers

Photo by Maryland Department of Natural ResourcesANNAPOLIS, Md. – On a drizzly day in late September, a crew of Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) biologists cast off from a dock in Denton to survey the Choptank River for juvenile American shad (Alosa sapidissima). The native fish was once a staple of commercial and recreational fishing…