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Hickory shad

April 12, 2024

The hickory shad (Alosa mediocris), fall herring, mattowacca,[3][4][a] freshwater taylor or bonejack[5] is a member of the herring family Clupeidae, ranging along the East Coast of the United States from Florida to the Gulf of Maine. It is an anadromous fish species, meaning that it spawns in freshwater portions of rivers, but spends most of its life at sea. It is subject to fishing, both historic and current, but it is often confused with or simply grouped together with American shad (A. sapidissima) in catch statistics.

Alosa mediocris
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Alosidae
Genus: Alosa
Species:
A. mediocris
Binomial name
Alosa mediocris
(Mitchill, 1814)
Synonyms[2]

Clupea mediocris (Mitchill, 1814)
Pomolobus mediocris (Mitchill, 1814)
Clupea mattowaca (Mitchill, 1815)
Clupea viridescens (DeKay, 1842)

Description edit

Hickory shad are elongate, laterally compressed fish with a tapering cross section.[6] The scales on the belly are serrated.[7] The fish is green-gray on its upper surface, becoming iridescent silver on the sides and white below.[7][8] The scales bear small dark markings.[6] A humeral spot is present and is frequently followed by a short series of fainter spots.[8] The hickory shad can be distinguished from American shad by its lower jaw, which will project beyond the snout in the hickory shad.[9]

Distribution, habitat, and life history edit

 
A female hickory shad

Hickory shad range from northern Florida to the Gulf of Maine. The largest populations occur in Chesapeake Bay and coastal North Carolina.[10] It is a schooling anadromous species that inhabits marine waters, probably never far from land. Adults enter estuaries and freshwater tributaries from the St. John's River, Florida,[11] to the Patuxent River, Maryland, to spawn during the spring. Their oceanic movements are poorly documented.[12][13][14]

Spawning occurs from December to June, earliest in Florida and later with increasing latitude.[12][15] The slightly adhesive and demersal eggs, about 1 mm in diameter, appear to be dispersed at random over gravel bars in moderate current. After water hardening, the eggs become semibuoyant and develop as they drift along the bottom.[12][13][16] Fecundity ranges from 43,000 – 475,000 eggs per female, and although the developmental stages of eggs, larvae, and juveniles have been described, little is known concerning the distribution, ecology, and growth rates of these early life stages.[12][16]

Hickory shad live to seven years.[15] Both sexes mature starting at 2 years of age and can repeat spawn.[15][17] Females are larger than males; in Florida, the average female is 37 centimetres (15 in) fork length and the average male is 34 centimetres (13 in) fork length.[15]

Hickory shad are piscivorous, feeding primarily on small fishes, although crustaceans and squid contribute to their diet.[10][13] One study from Florida showed that their diet on the spawning grounds was almost exclusively fish (97% by weight),[15] but feeding is limited during the freshwater migration[15][17] and mesenteric fat reserves developed prior to migration are metabolized en route.[17]

Relationship with humans edit

Recreational fishery edit

See also: Shad fishing

Hickory shad have a relatively low commercial value, but an increasingly popular recreational fishery exists throughout the mid-Atlantic states. By the late 1980s and early 1990s, hickory shad articles appeared in sport-fishing magazines. Headlines such as “the tough fighting hickory shad swarm near the rock-studded fall line…”[18] and “feast on Rappahannock River hickory shad action” [19] brought attention to the fishery. Subsequently, specialty magazines[20] and sports sections in national newspapers[21] began proclaiming the excitement of hickory shad fishing (“HICKORY SHAD ARE RUNNING!”) and the recovery of the fishery. In the two most recent years of a North Carolina creel survey (2004-2005), hickory shad – a fish only present for two months of the year – moved from sixth- to the fourth-most targeted fish by coastal anglers.[22] They are also taken by recreational fishing for use as bait to catch larger fish.[23]

Literature edit

Most information about this species is contained in federal and state documents and management plans or theses from universities. Federal publications include reports from the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's (ASMFC) Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Shad and River Herring.[24][25] Prominent publications by state agencies include reports based on fishery monitoring programs in Connecticut,[26] Pennsylvania and Maryland,[27] North Carolina,[28] South Carolina, Georgia,[29][30][31] and Florida.[32][33][15][34][35] A few publications address coast-wide and/or genus-level stock status and management issues.[14][36] The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published a useful series that includes egg, larvae, and juvenile development descriptions of hickory shad.[12] A recent review of hickory shad in Chesapeake Bay places management of this species in an ecosystem context.[37] Three master of science theses also studied them.[38][39][40]

Although hickory shad research has been limited, other clupeids, especially Alosa species in the United States, have received more attention.[41] American shad (A. sapidissima), which overlaps in distribution with hickory shad, has been frequently studied.[42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][41][50]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Also matowacca or mattowaca, from an unknown, but possibly southeastern[3] Algonquian language

References edit

  1. ^ NatureServe (2013). "Alosa mediocris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T201947A2731015. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T201947A2731015.en. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  2. ^ dsantos (5 August 2014). "Synonyms of Alosa mediocris (Mitchill, 1814)". FishBase. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  3. ^ a b "mattowacca". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  4. ^ Cuvier, B.; Valenciennes, A. (1847). Histoire Naturelle des Poissons (in French). Vol. 20. Paris: P. Bertrand. pp. 371–374. Retrieved 31 December 2022 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  5. ^ "Alosa mediocris". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Virginia Fishes: Hickory Shad". Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources. 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Hickory Shad". Chesapeake Bay Program. 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  8. ^ a b
    • "Hickory Shad (Alosa mediocris) - Native". Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection. 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
    • Adapted from Jacobs, Robert P.; O'Donnell, Eileen B. (2009). A Pictorial Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Connecticut. Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection. ISBN 978-0942085150.
  9. ^ McCrickard, Alex (14 April 2022). "American or Hickory? ID your Shad Catch". Notes from the Field Blog. Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  10. ^ a b Munroe, T.A. (2002) Herrings. Family Clupeidae. In: Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. B. B. Collette and G. Klein-MacPhee (Eds.). Smithsonian Institution Press.
  11. ^ "Discover Fishes: Hickory Shad". Florida Museum. 19 August 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  12. ^ a b c d e Jones, P.W., Martin, F.D. and Hardy Jr., J.D. 1978. Development of fishes of the Mid-Atlantic bight: An atlas of egg, larval and juvenile stages; Acipenseridae through Ictaluridae. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Volume 1:84-88. LCCN 77--86193.
  13. ^ a b c Cooper, E.L. 1983. Fishes of Pennsylvania and the Northeastern United States. Penn State University Press, University Park and London. pp. 47–50. ISBN 0271003375.
  14. ^ a b Rulifson, R.A. 1994. Status of anadromous Alosa along the East Coast of North America. Anadromous Alosa symposium. Tidewater Chapter, American Fisheries Society. pp. 134–158.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g Harris, Julianne E., R. S. McBride, and R. O. Williams. 2007. Life history of hickory shad in the St. Johns River, Florida. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 136(6): 1463-1471. doi:10.1577/T06-187.1.
  16. ^ a b Mansueti, R.J. 1962. Eggs, larvae, and young of the hickory shad, Alosa mediocris, with comments on its ecology in the estuary. Chesapeake Science 3: 173-205.
  17. ^ a b c Rulifson, Roger A.; Batsavage, Christopher F. (2014). "Population demographics of Hickory Shad (Alosa mediocris) during a period of population growth". Fishery Bulletin. 112 (2–3): 221–236. doi:10.7755/FB.112.2-3.8.
  18. ^ Sports Afield. March 1988. Rappahannock shad. 199(3):70.
  19. ^ Field & Stream. April 1992. Feast on Rappahannock River hickory shad action. 96(12):70A.
  20. ^ Fly Fisherman. September 2002. Shad restoration continues. 33(6):27.
  21. ^ The Washington Post. April 3, 1988. Hickory Shad are Running! Sports section, pp. c. 16.; May 11, 2000. Md. Welcomes back the shad; biologists touting victory for rivers’ spawning program. pg. b. 01.
  22. ^ Murauskas, J.G. and D.G. Mumford. 2006. North Carolina cooperative striped bass creel survey in the central and southern management area (CSMA). Grant F-79, Seg. 2. N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division of Marine Fisheries, Morehead City, North Carolina.
  23. ^ Daniello, Capt. Vincent (13 May 2019). "A Guide to Saltwater Live Baits". sportfishingmag.com. Sport Fishing Magazine. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  24. ^ ASMFC. 1999. Fisheries Management Report No. 35. Amendment 1 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Shad and River Herring. 1444 Eye St. NW, Washington, DC.
  25. ^ ASMFC. 2001. Review of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Fishery Management Plan for Shad and River Herring (Alosa sp.). 1444 Eye St. NW, Washington, DC.
  26. ^ Gephard, S. and J. McMenemy. 2004. An overview of the program to restore Atlantic salmon and other diadromous fishes to the Connecticut River with notes on the current status of these species in the river. American Fisheries Society monograph No. 9, pp. 287–317.
  27. ^ Chesapeake Bay Agreement. 2000. The Renewed Bay Agreement. Retrieved May 26, 2006. http://dnrweb.dnr.state.md.us/bay/res_protect/c2k/index.asp 2004-02-18 at the Wayback Machine[
  28. ^ NCDMF and NCWRC. 2004. Shad and River Herring Fisheries and Monitoring Programs in North Carolina – 2003: Report to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Shad and River Herring Technical Committee. Raleigh, North Carolina.
  29. ^ Street, M.W. and J.G. Adams. 1969. Aging of hickory shad and blueback herring in Georgia by the scale method. Contribution Series No. 18. Georgia Game and Fish Commission, Marine Fisheries Division.
  30. ^ Street, M.W. 1969. Fecundity of the hickory shad in the Altamaha River, Georgia. Contribution Series No. 14. Georgia Game and Fish Commission, Marine Fisheries Division.
  31. ^ Ulrich, G., N. Chipley, J.W. McCord, D. Cupka, J.L. Music, and R.K. Manhood. 1979. Development of fishery management plans for selected anadromous fishes in South Carolina and Georgia. South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Department, Charleston, South Carolina.
  32. ^ McBride, R.S. 2000. Florida's shad and river herrings (Alosa species): A review of population and fishery characteristics. Florida Marine Research Institute Technical Reports No. 5.
  33. ^ Harris, J., and R. McBride. 2004. A review of the potential effects of water level fluctuation on diadromous fish populations for MFL determinations. St. John's River Water Management District, Contract No. SG346AA. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
  34. ^ McBride, Richard S., and Jay C. Holder (2008). A Review and Updated Assessment of Florida's Anadromous Shads: American Shad and Hickory Shad. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 28(6): 1668-1686. doi:10.1577/M07-066.1.
  35. ^ McBride, Richard S., and Richard E. Matheson. (2011). Florida's diadromous fishes: biology, ecology, conservation, and management. Florida Scientist. 74(3): 187-213.
  36. ^ Yako, L.A., M.E. Mather, and F. Juanes. 2002. Mechanisms for migration of anadromous herring: an ecological basis for effective conservation. Ecological Applications 12(2):521-534.
  37. ^ Alosine Species Team. (2011). Alosine Species Team Background and Issues Briefs. In: Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management for Chesapeake Bay.()
  38. ^ Pate, P.P. 1972. Life history aspects of the hickory shad, Alosa mediocris (Mitchell), in the Neuse River, North Carolina. M.S. Thesis, North Carolina State University. Raleigh, North Carolina.
  39. ^ Batsavage, C.F. 1997. Life history aspects of the hickory shad (Alosa mediocris) in the Albemarle Sound/Roanoke River Watershed, North Carolina. M.S. Thesis, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.
  40. ^ Watkinson, E.R. 2004. Age, growth, and fecundity of hickory shad (Alosa mediocris) in Virginia coastal river. M.S. thesis. Virginia Commonwealth University. Richmond, Virginia.
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  42. ^ Atkinson, C.E. 1951. Feeding habits of adult shad (Alosa sapidissima) in fresh water. Ecology 32(3):556-557.
  43. ^ Dodson, J.J. and L.A. Dohse. 1984. A model of olfactory-mediated conditioning of directional bias in fish migrating in reversing tidal currents based on the homing migration of American shad (Alosa sapidissima). pp. 263–281 in J.D. McCleave, G.P. Arnold, J.J. Dodson, and W.H. Neill, editors. Mechanisms of migration in fishes. Plenum Press, New York.
  44. ^ Melvin, G.D., M.J. Dadswell, and J.D. Martin. 1986. Fidelity of American shad, Alosa sapidissima (Clupeidae), to its river of previous spawning. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 43:640-646.
  45. ^ Quinn, T.P. and D.J. Adams. 1996. Environmental changes affecting the migratory timing of American shad and sockeye salmon. Ecology 77(4):1151-1162
  46. ^ Leonard, J.B.K., and S.D. McCormick. 1999b. Changes in haematology during upstream migration in American shad. Journal of Fish Biology 54:1218-1230.
  47. ^ Leonard, J.B.K, and S.D. McCormick. 1999a. Effects of migration distance on whole-body and tissue-specific energy use in American shad (Alosa sapidissima). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 56(7):1159-71.
  48. ^ Leonard, J.B.K., J.F. Norieka, B. Kynard, and S.D. McCormick. 1999. Metabolic rates in an anadromous clupeid, the American shad (Alosa sapidissima). Journal of Comparative Physiology and Biology 169:287-295.
  49. ^ Waters, J.M., J.M. Epifanio, T. Gunter, and B.L. Brown. 2000. Homing behavior facilitates subtle genetic differentiation among river populations of Alosa sapidissima: microsatellites and mtDNA. Journal of Fish Biology 56:622-636.
  50. ^ McBride, Richard S., and Richard E. Matheson. (2011). Florida's diadromous fishes: biology, ecology, conservation, and management. Florida Scientist. 74(3): 187-213

External links edit

  •   Media related to Alosa mediocris at Wikimedia Commons

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The hickory shad Alosa mediocris fall herring mattowacca 3 4 a freshwater taylor or bonejack 5 is a member of the herring family Clupeidae ranging along the East Coast of the United States from Florida to the Gulf of Maine It is an anadromous fish species meaning that it spawns in freshwater portions of rivers but spends most of its life at sea It is subject to fishing both historic and current but it is often confused with or simply grouped together with American shad A sapidissima in catch statistics Alosa mediocrisConservation statusLeast Concern IUCN 3 1 1 Scientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass ActinopterygiiOrder ClupeiformesFamily AlosidaeGenus AlosaSpecies A mediocrisBinomial nameAlosa mediocris Mitchill 1814 Synonyms 2 Clupea mediocris Mitchill 1814 Pomolobus mediocris Mitchill 1814 Clupea mattowaca Mitchill 1815 Clupea viridescens DeKay 1842 Contents 1 Description 2 Distribution habitat and life history 3 Relationship with humans 3 1 Recreational fishery 4 Literature 5 Notes 6 References 7 External linksDescription editHickory shad are elongate laterally compressed fish with a tapering cross section 6 The scales on the belly are serrated 7 The fish is green gray on its upper surface becoming iridescent silver on the sides and white below 7 8 The scales bear small dark markings 6 A humeral spot is present and is frequently followed by a short series of fainter spots 8 The hickory shad can be distinguished from American shad by its lower jaw which will project beyond the snout in the hickory shad 9 Distribution habitat and life history edit nbsp A female hickory shadHickory shad range from northern Florida to the Gulf of Maine The largest populations occur in Chesapeake Bay and coastal North Carolina 10 It is a schooling anadromous species that inhabits marine waters probably never far from land Adults enter estuaries and freshwater tributaries from the St John s River Florida 11 to the Patuxent River Maryland to spawn during the spring Their oceanic movements are poorly documented 12 13 14 Spawning occurs from December to June earliest in Florida and later with increasing latitude 12 15 The slightly adhesive and demersal eggs about 1 mm in diameter appear to be dispersed at random over gravel bars in moderate current After water hardening the eggs become semibuoyant and develop as they drift along the bottom 12 13 16 Fecundity ranges from 43 000 475 000 eggs per female and although the developmental stages of eggs larvae and juveniles have been described little is known concerning the distribution ecology and growth rates of these early life stages 12 16 Hickory shad live to seven years 15 Both sexes mature starting at 2 years of age and can repeat spawn 15 17 Females are larger than males in Florida the average female is 37 centimetres 15 in fork length and the average male is 34 centimetres 13 in fork length 15 Hickory shad are piscivorous feeding primarily on small fishes although crustaceans and squid contribute to their diet 10 13 One study from Florida showed that their diet on the spawning grounds was almost exclusively fish 97 by weight 15 but feeding is limited during the freshwater migration 15 17 and mesenteric fat reserves developed prior to migration are metabolized en route 17 Relationship with humans editRecreational fishery edit See also Shad fishing Hickory shad have a relatively low commercial value but an increasingly popular recreational fishery exists throughout the mid Atlantic states By the late 1980s and early 1990s hickory shad articles appeared in sport fishing magazines Headlines such as the tough fighting hickory shad swarm near the rock studded fall line 18 and feast on Rappahannock River hickory shad action 19 brought attention to the fishery Subsequently specialty magazines 20 and sports sections in national newspapers 21 began proclaiming the excitement of hickory shad fishing HICKORY SHAD ARE RUNNING and the recovery of the fishery In the two most recent years of a North Carolina creel survey 2004 2005 hickory shad a fish only present for two months of the year moved from sixth to the fourth most targeted fish by coastal anglers 22 They are also taken by recreational fishing for use as bait to catch larger fish 23 Literature editMost information about this species is contained in federal and state documents and management plans or theses from universities Federal publications include reports from the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission s ASMFC Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Shad and River Herring 24 25 Prominent publications by state agencies include reports based on fishery monitoring programs in Connecticut 26 Pennsylvania and Maryland 27 North Carolina 28 South Carolina Georgia 29 30 31 and Florida 32 33 15 34 35 A few publications address coast wide and or genus level stock status and management issues 14 36 The U S Fish and Wildlife Service published a useful series that includes egg larvae and juvenile development descriptions of hickory shad 12 A recent review of hickory shad in Chesapeake Bay places management of this species in an ecosystem context 37 Three master of science theses also studied them 38 39 40 Although hickory shad research has been limited other clupeids especially Alosa species in the United States have received more attention 41 American shad A sapidissima which overlaps in distribution with hickory shad has been frequently studied 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 41 50 Notes edit Also matowacca or mattowaca from an unknown but possibly southeastern 3 Algonquian languageReferences edit NatureServe 2013 Alosa mediocris IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013 e T201947A2731015 doi 10 2305 IUCN UK 2013 1 RLTS T201947A2731015 en Retrieved 27 August 2023 dsantos 5 August 2014 Synonyms of Alosa mediocris Mitchill 1814 FishBase Retrieved 31 December 2022 a b mattowacca Merriam Webster com Dictionary Retrieved 3 December 2022 Cuvier B Valenciennes A 1847 Histoire Naturelle des Poissons in French Vol 20 Paris P Bertrand pp 371 374 Retrieved 31 December 2022 via Biodiversity Heritage Library Alosa mediocris Integrated Taxonomic Information System Retrieved 31 December 2022 a b Virginia Fishes Hickory Shad Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources 2022 Retrieved 3 December 2022 a b Hickory Shad Chesapeake Bay Program 2022 Retrieved 3 December 2022 a b Hickory Shad Alosa mediocris Native Connecticut Department of Energy amp Environmental Protection 2022 Retrieved 3 December 2022 Adapted from Jacobs Robert P O Donnell Eileen B 2009 A Pictorial Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Connecticut Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection ISBN 978 0942085150 McCrickard Alex 14 April 2022 American or Hickory ID your Shad Catch Notes from the Field Blog Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources Retrieved 3 December 2022 a b Munroe T A 2002 Herrings Family Clupeidae In Bigelow and Schroeder s Fishes of the Gulf of Maine B B Collette and G Klein MacPhee Eds Smithsonian Institution Press Discover Fishes Hickory Shad Florida Museum 19 August 2022 Retrieved 3 December 2022 a b c d e Jones P W Martin F D and Hardy Jr J D 1978 Development of fishes of the Mid Atlantic bight An atlas of egg larval and juvenile stages Acipenseridae through Ictaluridae U S Fish and Wildlife Service Volume 1 84 88 LCCN 77 86193 a b c Cooper E L 1983 Fishes of Pennsylvania and the Northeastern United States Penn State University Press University Park and London pp 47 50 ISBN 0271003375 a b Rulifson R A 1994 Status of anadromous Alosa along the East Coast of North America Anadromous Alosa symposium Tidewater Chapter American Fisheries Society pp 134 158 a b c d e f g Harris Julianne E R S McBride and R O Williams 2007 Life history of hickory shad in the St Johns River Florida Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 136 6 1463 1471 doi 10 1577 T06 187 1 a b Mansueti R J 1962 Eggs larvae and young of the hickory shad Alosa mediocris with comments on its ecology in the estuary Chesapeake Science 3 173 205 a b c Rulifson Roger A Batsavage Christopher F 2014 Population demographics of Hickory Shad Alosa mediocris during a period of population growth Fishery Bulletin 112 2 3 221 236 doi 10 7755 FB 112 2 3 8 Sports Afield March 1988 Rappahannock shad 199 3 70 Field amp Stream April 1992 Feast on Rappahannock River hickory shad action 96 12 70A Fly Fisherman September 2002 Shad restoration continues 33 6 27 The Washington Post April 3 1988 Hickory Shad are Running Sports section pp c 16 May 11 2000 Md Welcomes back the shad biologists touting victory for rivers spawning program pg b 01 Murauskas J G and D G Mumford 2006 North Carolina cooperative striped bass creel survey in the central and southern management area CSMA Grant F 79 Seg 2 N C Department of Environment and Natural Resources Division of Marine Fisheries Morehead City North Carolina Daniello Capt Vincent 13 May 2019 A Guide to Saltwater Live Baits sportfishingmag com Sport Fishing Magazine Retrieved 21 June 2019 ASMFC 1999 Fisheries Management Report No 35 Amendment 1 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Shad and River Herring 1444 Eye St NW Washington DC ASMFC 2001 Review of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Fishery Management Plan for Shad and River Herring Alosa sp 1444 Eye St NW Washington DC Gephard S and J McMenemy 2004 An overview of the program to restore Atlantic salmon and other diadromous fishes to the Connecticut River with notes on the current status of these species in the river American Fisheries Society monograph No 9 pp 287 317 Chesapeake Bay Agreement 2000 The Renewed Bay Agreement Retrieved May 26 2006 http dnrweb dnr state md us bay res protect c2k index asp Archived 2004 02 18 at the Wayback Machine NCDMF and NCWRC 2004 Shad and River Herring Fisheries and Monitoring Programs in North Carolina 2003 Report to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Shad and River Herring Technical Committee Raleigh North Carolina Street M W and J G Adams 1969 Aging of hickory shad and blueback herring in Georgia by the scale method Contribution Series No 18 Georgia Game and Fish Commission Marine Fisheries Division Street M W 1969 Fecundity of the hickory shad in the Altamaha River Georgia Contribution Series No 14 Georgia Game and Fish Commission Marine Fisheries Division Ulrich G N Chipley J W McCord D Cupka J L Music and R K Manhood 1979 Development of fishery management plans for selected anadromous fishes in South Carolina and Georgia South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Department Charleston South Carolina McBride R S 2000 Florida s shad and river herrings Alosa species A review of population and fishery characteristics Florida Marine Research Institute Technical Reports No 5 Harris J and R McBride 2004 A review of the potential effects of water level fluctuation on diadromous fish populations for MFL determinations St John s River Water Management District Contract No SG346AA Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission McBride Richard S and Jay C Holder 2008 A Review and Updated Assessment of Florida s Anadromous Shads American Shad and Hickory Shad North American Journal of Fisheries Management 28 6 1668 1686 doi 10 1577 M07 066 1 McBride Richard S and Richard E Matheson 2011 Florida s diadromous fishes biology ecology conservation and management Florida Scientist 74 3 187 213 Yako L A M E Mather and F Juanes 2002 Mechanisms for migration of anadromous herring an ecological basis for effective conservation Ecological Applications 12 2 521 534 Alosine Species Team 2011 Alosine Species Team Background and Issues Briefs In Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management for Chesapeake Bay https web archive org web 20120623223223 http www mdsg umd edu images uploads siteimages 00 Alosines Briefs FINAL pdf Pate P P 1972 Life history aspects of the hickory shad Alosa mediocris Mitchell in the Neuse River North Carolina M S Thesis North Carolina State University Raleigh North Carolina Batsavage C F 1997 Life history aspects of the hickory shad Alosa mediocris in the Albemarle Sound Roanoke River Watershed North Carolina M S Thesis East Carolina University Greenville North Carolina Watkinson E R 2004 Age growth and fecundity of hickory shad Alosa mediocris in Virginia coastal river M S thesis Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond Virginia a b Limburg K E and J R Waldman editors 2003 Biodiversity status and conservation of the world s shads American Fisheries Society Symposium 35 Bethesda Maryland Atkinson C E 1951 Feeding habits of adult shad Alosa sapidissima in fresh water Ecology 32 3 556 557 Dodson J J and L A Dohse 1984 A model of olfactory mediated conditioning of directional bias in fish migrating in reversing tidal currents based on the homing migration of American shad Alosa sapidissima pp 263 281 in J D McCleave G P Arnold J J Dodson and W H Neill editors Mechanisms of migration in fishes Plenum Press New York Melvin G D M J Dadswell and J D Martin 1986 Fidelity of American shad Alosa sapidissima Clupeidae to its river of previous spawning Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 43 640 646 Quinn T P and D J Adams 1996 Environmental changes affecting the migratory timing of American shad and sockeye salmon Ecology 77 4 1151 1162 Leonard J B K and S D McCormick 1999b Changes in haematology during upstream migration in American shad Journal of Fish Biology 54 1218 1230 Leonard J B K and S D McCormick 1999a Effects of migration distance on whole body and tissue specific energy use in American shad Alosa sapidissima Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 56 7 1159 71 Leonard J B K J F Norieka B Kynard and S D McCormick 1999 Metabolic rates in an anadromous clupeid the American shad Alosa sapidissima Journal of Comparative Physiology and Biology 169 287 295 Waters J M J M Epifanio T Gunter and B L Brown 2000 Homing behavior facilitates subtle genetic differentiation among river populations of Alosa sapidissima microsatellites and mtDNA Journal of Fish Biology 56 622 636 McBride Richard S and Richard E Matheson 2011 Florida s diadromous fishes biology ecology conservation and management Florida Scientist 74 3 187 213External links edit nbsp Media related to Alosa mediocris at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hickory shad amp oldid 1214421229, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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