Island Farm Weir Fish Ladder

[Mark B.]

on the Raritan River was cleaned out & opened, yesterday.

Rutgers professor, Olaf Jensen, will again be attempting to capture A. shad to tag & monitor their movement through the ladder. Rutgers is also taking over the video recording of the spawning run from the underwater viewing room. It is anticipated that this will be a long term commitment by Rutgers to this project. Olaf said that he plans to teach an undergraduate course on fish ladders, next year.


Reminder: Only the Delaware River is open to recreational A. shad fishing. All other freshwater systems, including the Raritan R., are closed.

Yesterday, while there, I observed 2 anglers casting off of the wall on the canal side. Hopefully, they weren’t targeting A. shad.

[AndyS]

Thanx for the info Mark. Tough call to decide who is targeting American shad since people fish off that wall 24/7/365. In my days down there the last few years I seen a maximum number of 4 people targeting shad. I understand the moritorium if the numbers are low but in reality it would probably effect about 4 people, and I think that number is on the high side.