Migratory Fish Spawning Habitat Opened By Chesapeake Bay Program

The Chesapeake Bay Program reopened 352 miles of spawning habitat in the tributary states of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and District of Columbia this year to migratory fish.

Fish passages helped migratory fish, like shad, reach freshwater spawning habitat over more than 1,000 miles of tributaries currently blocked by dams, culverts and other obstructions. The additional fish passages opened during 2004 helped the Chesapeake Bay Program surpass their five-year goal of reopening 1,357-miles of river habitat to fish. http://www.chesapeakebay.net/status.cfm?sid=114