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… York City will have to bring this creek out of the 19th Century and into the 21st. If it does, the
menhaden, bay anchovy and fourbeard rockling that are believed to spawn here in small numbers will …
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… of 2002, when there was a multi-species die-off, and again in the spring of 2015, when there was a
menhaden die-off. While neither of these die-offs involved high profile, well known, endangered …
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… climate change to “Sharknado.”) Accounts and photos are showing the whales feeding on
menhaden, a herring-like fish. “My guess is for some reason there is just a high abundance …
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What a year! You gave Riverkeeper the ability tackle the biggest challenges facing our river and …
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… Fifty-seven species of fish were collected in impingement sampling. Atlantic silverside, Atlantic
menhaden, mummichog, striped killifish, and winter flounder comprised more than 92 percent of the …
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… the kill is unknown, but estimated to be approximately several hundred fish, most all are Atlantic
menhaden. Six large striped bass were also observed dead. All dead fish were observed in the area …
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Saving Hudson River Fish For schools of migratory shad, sturgeon, river herring, blue crab,
menhaden and striped bass, the Hudson is an unimpeded corridor from the Atlantic to their ancestral …
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… not allowed. In late fall/early winter of 2020, Riverkeeper received over 100 reports of deceased
menhaden across New York Harbor, the Hudson River, and in the nearby Long Island Sound. Learn more. …
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