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USFWS Connecticut River Basin Annual Report - 2024
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USFWS Connecticut River Basin Annual Report - 2024

This annual report documents work activities conducted from September 30, 2023 to October 1, 2024 by the Connecticut River Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (CTRFWCO) in the Connecticut River basin and outside the basin to assess and restore migratory fish such as alewife, American shad, and...

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Image of report cover with four people standing on rocks near water and texting saying CONNECTICUT RIVER BASIN DIADROMOUS FISH RESTORATION: Coordination and Technical Assistance F-100-R-40 Annual Progress Report October 1, 2022 - September 30, 2023 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Connecticut River Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office Kenneth Sprankle, Project Leader 103 East Plumtree Road Sunderland, MA 01375-9138
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USFWS Connecticut River Basin Annual Report - 2023

This annual report describes work activities conducted by the Connecticut River Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (CTRFWCO) to restore migratory fish species in the Connecticut River basin. This report also describes work conducted outside of the Connecticut River basin to understand the...

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USFWS Connecticut River Basin Annual Report - 2022
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USFWS Connecticut River Basin Annual Report - 2022

This annual report describes work activities conducted by the Connecticut River Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (CTRFWCO) to restore migratory fish species in the Connecticut River basin, as well as outside of the Connecticut River basin.

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Cover of Connecticut River Basin Annual report for 2021 with image of surgical implant of acoustic tag into a Blueback Herring in April of 2021 for the migration and movement study done cooperatively with the United States Geological Survey’s. Conte Anadromous Fish Research Center
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USFWS Connecticut River Basin Annual Report - 2021

Executive SummaryFederal Aid Project # F-100-R-38 States: Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont Project Title: Connecticut River Basin Anadromous Fish Restoration: Coordination and Technical Assistance Period Covered: October 1, 2020 - September 30, 2021...

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Connecticut River Basin Annual Report 2020 cover page
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USFWS Connecticut River Basin Annual Report - 2020

Aid Project # F-100-R-37 States: Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont Project Title: Connecticut River Basin Anadromous Fish Restoration: Coordination and Technical Assistance Period Covered: October 1, 2019 - September 30, 2020 This annual report provides an opportunity to...

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Connecticut River River Herring Report 2013-2017 cover page
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Connecticut River, River Herring Stock Assessments 2013-2017

Introduction Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) and Blueback Herring (Alosa aestivalis) are anadromous fish species that are collectively referred to as river herring. Blueback Herring are known to range from the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence (Canada) southward to the St. Johns River, Florida (...

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Connecticut River American Shad Plan 2020 cover page
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Connecticut River American Shad Plan 2020

INTRODUCTION The Connecticut River population of American Shad has been cooperatively managed by the basin state and federal fishery agencies since 1967. In that year the “Policy Committee for Fishery Management of the Connecticut River Basin” was formed in response to the passage of the 1965...

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