"Yearly release of shad fry and of live pre-spawned adult shad from six other source rivers accompanied the lift operation beginning in 1982... In view of the apparent success of shad management efforts in Susquehanna River, a program of study was proposed to the Maryland DNR Chesapeake Bay Research and Monitoring Division's Power Plant Topical Research Program designed to examine population dynamics underlying the resurgent American shad population in Susquehanna River using molecular genetic techniques."--p.4.

Professional Paper

Funding: Virginia Council on the Environment with funds from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; grant number: NA90AA-H-CZ796;

Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)

National Ocean Service (NOS)