NPSpecies

Data Source: Horowitz et al., 2008. Fish Inventories of DEWA and UPDE; Jennifer Stingelin Keefer, NPSpecies Database Manager, 6/13/2013.

Data Source: Horowitz et al., 2008. Fish Inventories of DEWA and UPDE; Jennifer Stingelin Keefer, NPSpecies Database Manager, 6/13/2013.

Large young-of-year biomass caught in 2012 sein sampling.; Data Source: Don Hamilton, Chief of Resource Management, Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River, 7/25/2013.

Park Species Detail: Delaware River populations had declined substantially since the early 1990s (ASMFC 2007). The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) has required all states to submit Sustainability Plans for American shad fisheries by Aug 1, 2011 or be forced to close them by January 1, 2013 as per Amendment 3 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Shad and River Herring., Park Species Data Source: Horowitz et al., 2008. Fish Inventories of Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area and Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River (Final Draft Version). NATUREBIB-2198239., Accepted Detail: 7th edition (2013) of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico--accessed on-line 6/17/2013 from http://fisheries.org/docs/pub_fish_names.pdf; Dr. Jay R. Stauffer, Jr., Distinguished Professor of Ichthyology, The Pennsylvania State University, 6/19/2007.