Bay Journal

1. Shad are members of what family of fishes?
Salmon
Herring
Whiting
Sea Bass

2. Shad are:
Anadromous (Lives in saltwater, but returns to freshwater to spawn)
Catadromous (Lives in freshwater, but returns to saltwater to spawn)
Spend their entire life in fresh water.
Spend their entire life in salt water.

3. Shad roe (eggs) are considered a delicacy. A female shad may produce:
1,000-6,000 eggs
10,000-60,000 eggs
100,000-600,000 eggs
1 million to 6 million eggs

4. Juvenile shad look much like adults but with proportionately larger:
Tail fins
Gills
Eyes
Scales

5. Historically, shad spawned:
In major rivers of the Upper Chesapeake Bay
In major rivers of the Middle Chesapeake Bay
In major rivers of the Lower Chesapeake Bay
In all major rivers of the Chesapeake Bay

6. Which of the following has helped to diminish the shad population:
Overfishing
Pollution
Dams
All of the above

7. Before the shad fishery was closed in the 1980's and 1990's, the landings were averaging only one million pounds. At the fishery's peak in the 1890's, the catch was:
20 million pounds
30 million pounds
40 million pounds
50 million pounds

8. In one well-recorded incident in the late 1700's, a fledgling community, on the brink of starvation after a cruel winter, was saved by the returning spring migration of shad and herring. Today, this city in known as:
Cooperstown, NY
Harrisburg, PA
Havre de Grace, MD
Wilkes-Barre, PA

9. As part of their philosophy, "If you take from the river, you should put some back," the Pamunkey tribe has operated a shad hatchery on the Pamunkey River since:
1850
1918
1959
1985

10. A popular way of cooking shad at community festivals is called:
Shad-Racking
Planking
Fish on a Stick
A Fin-Fry