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Despite massive restoration efforts, American shad have not rebounded. Cause of coastwide decline is not known
Written by Robert H. Pruett   

This year's American shad run was more of the same for most rivers around the Chesapeake region: frustration and disappointment about the inability to rebuild large populations of the migratory fish.

Shad runs this spring ticked up a bit on the Susquehanna, Nanticoke and James rivers; dipped a bit on the Rappahannock; and seemed little changed in most other places. On the Patuxent River, though, Maryland officials decided to halt shad restoration after another year of poor returns.

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