Download or read book The Founding Fish written by John McPhee and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2003-09-10 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John McPhee's twenty-sixth book is a braid of personal history, natural history, and American history, in descending order of volume. Each spring, American shad-Alosa sapidissima-leave the ocean in hundreds of thousands and run heroic distances upriver to spawn. McPhee--a shad fisherman himself--recounts the shad's cameo role in the lives of George Washington and Henry David Thoreau. He fishes with and visits the laboratories of famous ichthyologists; he takes instruction in the making of shad darts from a master of the art; and he cooks shad in a variety of ways, delectably explained at the end of the book. Mostly, though, he goes fishing for shad in various North American rivers, and he "fishes the same way he writes books, avidly and intensely. He wants to know everything about the fish he's after--its history, its habits, its place in the cosmos" (Bill Pride, The Denver Post). His adventures in pursuit of shad occasion the kind of writing--expert and ardent--at which he has no equal.

Download or read book American Shad written by Douglas E. Facey and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book American Shad in the Susquehanna River Basin A Three Hundred Year History written by Richard Gerstell and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Shad Fishery of Chesapeake Bay with Special Emphasis on the Fishery of Virginia written by Charles H. Walburg and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the American shad (Alosa sapidissima) in Chesapeake Bay was made in 1952. Catch and effort records were combined with data obtained from tagging studies conducted at the entrance to Chesapeake Bay, in the James and Potomac Rivers, and at Cove Point (Maryland) to obtain population parameters for these areas. These studies were successful except for the results of tagging at the mouth of the Bay, which data could not be used because of a disproportionate tag recovery-catch ratio between the various areas of Chesapeake Bay. Total population and escapement were determined for each year in which data were available. It is recommended that the States of Maryland and Virginia establish comparable systems for the collection of catch-and-effort records on the shad so that these basic data will be available for any future study of the Chesapeake Bay fisheries.

Download or read book Biology and Management of the American Shad and Status of the Fisheries Atlantic Coast of the United States 1960 written by Charles H. Walburg and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Historical Review of the Shad Fisheries of North America written by Romeo Mansueti and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Shad Fishery of the Ogeechee River Georgia in 1954 written by James Enoch Sykes and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Ova Production of American Shad in Atlantic Coast Rivers written by William S. Davis and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The number of ova produced by American shad (Alosa sapidissima) based on samples of five fish from each of six Atlantic coast rivers was found to range from 209,000 to 616,000 ova per year. Hudson River shad produced fewer ova by size and St. Johns River shad produced more ova by size than did shad from the other four rivers. Statistical evidence is presented to show that the six ovarian samples per fish used to estimate total ova production can be reduced without imparing the accuracy of the total ova production estimate.

Download or read book Suitability of the Susquehanna River for Restoration of Shad written by and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Species Profiles written by Chet MacKenzie and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Status of the American Shad Alosa Sapidissima Wilson in North Carolina written by Sara E. Winslow and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The American Shad written by Michael J. Dadswell and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Alewife and Blueback Herring written by Earl L. Bozeman and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Founding Fish written by John McPhee and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-09-10 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the American shad traces its annual migrations and life cycle in both freshwater rivers and the ocean, focusing on those living in the Delaware River and discussing issues related to tidal power and catch-and-release campaigns.

Download or read book The Shad Fishery of the Altamaha River Georgia written by Walter F. Godwin and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Biology and Management of the American Shad and Status of the Fisheries Atlantic Coast of the United States 1960 Classic Reprint written by Charles H. Walburg and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-22 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Biology and Management of the American Shad and Status of the Fisheries, Atlantic Coast of the United States, 1960 The shad fishery has changed little over the past three-quarters of a century, except in magnitude of yield. Types of shad-fishing gear have remained relatively unchanged, but many improvements have been made in fishing techniques, mostly to achieve economy. In 1896 the estimated catch was more than 50 million pounds. New Jersey ranked first in production with about 14 million pounds, and Virginia second with 11 million pounds. In 1960 the estimated catch was slightly more than 8 million pounds. Maryland ranked first in production with slightly more than million pounds, Virginia second with slightly less than million pounds, and North Carolina third with about million pounds. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The American Shad written by Michael J. Dadswell and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: