Photography Jay Fleming on 03 Jun 2010 08:20 pm

Anadromous Fish Restoration

Susquehanna Hickory Shad early 1900's

Susquehanna River Shad Run circa 1900 (photo: Maryland DNR Fish Passage)

Hickory Shad Electroshocking © JPF 2010

electro-shocking for Hickory Shad broodstock, Susquehanna River

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gill netting American Shad broodstock, Potomac River

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Matthew Baldwin Strip Spawning Shad

strip spawning American Shad

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implanting hormone in Hickory Shad to induce spawning

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Hickory Shad spawning in hatchery tank

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American Shad eggs

AS Larvae © JPF

American Shad larvae

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15 day old American Shad fry

30 Day Old AS © JPF

30 day old American Shad fry

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90 day old American Shad (length:7.5 cm)

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inserting coated wire tag (CWT) into juvenile American Shad

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stocking CWT juvenile American Shad on the Choptank River, MD

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scale from a Susquehanna River Hickory Shad, 9 year old female with 5 return spawn annuli

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reading American Shad otoliths

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night electro-fishing for juvenile shad, Choptank River, MD

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Juvenile Seine Survey, Tuckahoe River, MD

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juvenile American Shad (length: 9 CM) caught during seine survey

Potomac Sturgeon 1900

Atlantic Sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrhynchus caught in the Potomac River circa 1900 (Photo: Library of Congress)

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One day old Atlantic Sturgeon larvae

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Six day old Atlantic Sturgeon larvae

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21 day old Atlantic Sturgeon fry (length: 2.5 CM)

60 Day OId Atlantic Sturgeon JPF 2010

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110 Day Old Atlantic Sturgeon

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juvenile Atlantic Sturgeon

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Extracting sperm from 42 kilogram wild Atlantic Sturgeon

Acoustic Tag AS © JPF 2011

Inserting acoustic tags into adult Atlantic Sturgeon

Atlantic Sturgeon Laparoscopy

Laparoscopic examination of sexually immature Atlantic Sturgeon

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Laparoscopic examination of 35 kilogram female Atlantic Sturgeon, ovary with eggs on screen

Hatchery Atlantic Sturgeon © JPF 2010

≈ 2 meter male Atlantic Sturgeon in hatchery tank

Shortnose Sturgeon © Jay Fleming 2010

tagged Shortnose Sturgeon, Acipenser brevirostrum

Laparoscopy-Oocytes SN Sturgeon © JPF 2010

Laparoscopic examination of female Shortnose Sturgeon, mature oocytes (eggs) on screen

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Atlantic Menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannus (length: 12.5 CM)

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Young of the Year Striped Bass, Morone saxatilis (length: 8.6 CM)

YOY Speckled Trout JPF 2010

Young of the Year Speckled Trout, Cynoscion nebulosus (length: 13.5 CM)

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Striped Blenny, Meiacanthus grammistes (length 9 CM)

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Hogchoker, Trinectes maculatus (length: 6 CM)

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