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January 2012 Laura Craig, of American Rivers, came to the January meeting to give a progress update on dam removal...
Rusty Held took the following photos of Norb Szymanski, Roger Ratushny & Kevin Ingram manning the DRSFA booth at the Garden State Outdoor Expo...
December 2011 12/18/11 Below is Dave Bittner's report from the DRB Fish & Wildlife Cooperative meeting.
November 2011 11/20/11 Biologist Eric Schrading met with contractors and other partners to implement the removal of the Finesville Dam on the Musconetcong River in Finesville, New Jersey. The dam removal project was funded by USFWS, NRCS, NOAA, The Musconetcong Watershed Association, and others. It is the result of 3 years of work involving public meetings, environmental assessments, permits, and well testing. The dam removal was implemented on November 10th and upstream restoration work will be completed around November 23rd. This removal will directly benefit American shad, alewife, blueback herring, American eel, and brook trout. The removal will provide access to 2.4 miles of high quality riverine habitat. The project is within the Middle Delaware/Highlands Focus Area. PHOTOS BY CHARLIE FURST.
Below is an email from Peter Baker, Director of the Herring Alliance -
Dear Herring Alliance,
A special “Thank You!” to all of Herring Alliance for joining us in this effort. We hope we can continue to work together to make sure that all the forage fish in our oceans and rivers – alewives, blueback, Atlantic herring, Atlantic mackerel, Atlantic menhaden and more – are protected from overfishing and left in sufficient supply to support the ecosystem.
All the best, Peter Baker Director, Herring Alliance
Read more about Wednesday’s decision in our press release and in the great media coverage that quotes Herring Alliance members Peter Baker, Jud Crawford and Ken Hinman.
New York Times: Panel Votes to Reduce a Forage Fish Catch http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/10/us/menhaden-catch-reduction-is-approved.html?_r=1
Boston Globe: Fisheries regulators cut menhaden catch to protect other species
September 2011 9/29/11 Below is information regarding the DRSFA scholarship.
July 2011 7/27/11 Jerre Mohler of the US Fish and Wildlife service has released a 12 page report on the Tank Spawning program in Easton. It can be viewed by clicking here. File is in PDF format, and requires Acrobat Reader to view.
7/26/11 Dear Conservation Partner, As many of you know, Tom’s longtime dedication to the protection
of our natural resources has greatly influenced the green infrastructure of our
beloved Lehigh River Valley. Many of the outdoor spots you enjoy were made
possible by Tom’s tireless work. Tom has been a part of the Wildlands community
for more than three decades and some of his work includes – the creation of the
Bike & Boat program, the implementation of the Jordan Creek Greenway & Trail,
the creation of trails at the Trexler Nature Preserve, and countless photos he
has taken of our projects, programs, supporters and the Lehigh River Valley. Wildlands Conservancy May 2011 5/8/11 Below are some pictures of Bill McWha lifting herring over a dam in Wakefield, RI, sending them to better spawning grounds.
5/5/11 Below is a scan of the letter sent by Charles Furst to the DRBC.
April 2011 4/21/11 April 20 featured Shad Night at the regular meeting of the DRSFA. More than 55 door prizes were awarded and the ANNUAL DRAWING winners were announced.
2011 Annual DRSFA Drawing Winners:
James Balliet 1. $2000 Cash Allentown, PA Mike Bibic 2. $300 Cash (no add. given) Robert Pensack 3. Framed Print Bangor, PA George Magaro 4. Custom Rod Combo Allentown, PA Terrance Mcintosh 5. $100 Cabelas G.C. Bath, PA Charles Gibson 6. $50 Willie Marx G.C. Reading, PA Nate Smith 7. $50 Buck’s G.C. (no add. given) Edward Buss 8. $50 Mike’s G.C. Bethlehem, PA Sandra Todd 9. $25 Dick’s G.C. Allentown, PA Stephanie Helfrich 10. $25 LL Bean G.C. Orefield, PA George Sikora 11. $10 Cash Clark, NJ Susan Bittner 12. $10 Cash Nazareth, PA
STRIPER TRIP FOR FOUR WINNER: Jeffrey Leonard Red Hill, PA
Please support our YOUTH FISHING EDUCATION DAY through sponsorships, donations, and raffle ticket purchases. Donations are tax deductible.
4/11/11
On Wednesday, 4/06, PPL presented
the DRSFA Shad In Schools program with their annual gift of $5,000. The DRSFA is
extremely grateful that PPL has continued to support our Shad In Schools
program. Without PPL the SIS program may not exist. The money is used to
maintain the 18 schools and their programs with the necessary chemicals needed
to hatch the eggs.
March 2011 3/19/11 2 upcoming events -
SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 2011
3/17/11 ANNOUNCEMENTS
Kenny Koury & George Magaro Would like to organize a Shad Fishing Day for the Children at Camp Compass (Trexler Middle School, Allentown). The Date is April 17, 2011 at the Philipsburg, NJ. Boat ramp. There will be refreshments afterwards for all of the participants. WE NEED SOME BOATS. CALL: (610) 791-0987
Shad Contest: May 1, 2011. Call: Eric Fistler (610) 762-0440 for details.
Meeting: Easton City Hall Time (?)
concerning Permits for the Live Tank Spawning system. Jere Mohler will be in
attendance. Check back for more details. UPDATED - The zoning
meeting concerning the Live Tank Spawning System will be held 3/21/11 at Easton
City Hall. The zoning meeting starts at 7:00. The Live Tank session is the
second item on the Agenda so it will come up around 8:00 P.M. The address for
your GPS is 1 South Third St, Easton, PA.
The people at the Emmerick Center will need some help with a little Canal clean up before the Live Tank Spawning system can be started. The economy has hit the work force at the Center hard. I will have more details at a later date.
3/1/11 The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission will hold a public meeting to gather comments concerning its Delaware River management plan from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. March 2, (Wednesday) at Northampton Community College (room 220, Center Building). Daryl Pierce and Dave Arnold will present and answer questions concerning the River. We are hoping to have a large contingent from the DRSFA present.
February 2011 2/28/11
Members,
Below is summary of the work being done by our good friend Jim Cummins, the
ICPRB, state agencies and his Shad In Schools program. Please read and let us
all strife to emulate this project on the Potomac River and do the same for
the Delaware River and it's tributaries.
Since 1995, when the stocking program began, more than 21 million
American shad fry have been stocked in the Potomac River. The number of adult
shad returning to spawn in the Potomac River has increased tenfold. Young
shad also have become substantially more numerous in the Potomac,
eclipsing records for nine of the last ten years in Maryland’s shore
monitoring surveys that have been performed since 1959.
While the Potomac is leading the comeback of American shad, strong efforts are
being made to restore the fish in other Chesapeake Bay tributaries and all
along the east coast of the United States. The Potomac is now the egg source
for restorative efforts in the Susquehanna River, all of Maryland's targeted
rivers, and the Rappahannock River in Virginia.
Since 2003,ICPRB has been working with the Virginia Department of Game and
Inland Fisheries to restore American shad in the Rappahannock, where another
30 million Potomac River origin
American shad have been stocked. Below and included in our 2010 report,
attached, is a summary of the school and volunteer component of the project.
The Potomac River's Schools-in-Schools American Shad Program
The Potomac River American shad restoration project has reached out to
the public in a very large way. Hundreds of volunteers have helped during the
late-night hours of spring brood-stock collections. Over the years,
tens of thousands of students from dozens of Metropolitan Washington area
schools have participated, both on the river and raising shad fry in
classrooms through a "Schools in Schools" partnership with Living Classrooms
of the National Capital Region, the Anacostia Watershed Society, with
assistance from the Earth Conservation Corps, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation,
and the Potomac Conservancy. Through the students' efforts, an estimated
315,000 additional fry also have been
released since the schools started participating in 1996. Interest in
restoring and angling for American shad is growing rapidly, thanks to a strong
public outreach and participation component.
In 2010 approximately 2,400 students,
ranging from K-12th grade, participated in the Schools-in-Schools American
Shad Restoration Program. The project, which started in
1996 with only 3 schools, has
grown to 54 schools with a total of 80
hatchery systems, as some schools have multiple classrooms involved.
These 80 classrooms hatched and released approximately 55,830 additional fry
into the Potomac River. As we have done every year since the project’s
inception, teacher-selected students were able to join us on the Potomac River
to help collect brood shad. Students participated in all aspects of the work:
setting nets, removing fish, stripping fish, and collecting data. The trip
provided the children a real-life experience in fisheries work of both
biologist and watermen.
This program is doing more than helping replenish the American Shad population;it is providing a link between students and the river.
As one teacher explains, "The
Shad experience has not only motivated these children to explore science in
the world around them, but has resulted in a inspirational commitment to our
environment. The students, their parents, and the community they touched
through this project will undoubtedly produce more environmental thought and
action."
2/23/11 Information regarding the Calvary Church Outdoor expo (to be held on March 26th), can be found on the Expo's website:
2/23/11
DELAWARE RIVER SHAD FISHERMEN’S ASSOCIATION Fishermen’s Flea Market & Tackle Swap Sunday, March 13, 2011 Vendors Wanted Some tables left Contact: Ron Marks (610) 791-0987 EMAIL - ronaldmarks2@aol.com
2/10/11 Below is the certified letter sent to the DRBC:
2/7/11
January, 2011 1/11/11 Below are some photos of DRSFA members stuffing envelopes for the annual mailing.
1/5/11 Pennsylvania allows gas drillers to dump pollution into drinking water supplies. The natural gas boom gripping parts of the U.S. has a nasty byproduct: wastewater so salty, and so polluted with metals like barium and strontium, that most states require drillers to get rid of the stuff by injecting it down shafts thousands of feet deep. Not in Pennsylvania, one of the states at the center of the gas rush. There, the liquid that gushes from gas wells is only partially treated for substances that could be environmentally harmful, then dumped into rivers and streams from which communities get their drinking water. Read the full article on Rawstory.com - HERE December, 2010 12/29/10
12/15/10
12/07/10 WATERSHED HEARING - 8 EXPERTS SUBMIT
REPORTS November, 2010 11/16/10 GAS DRILLING - Experts to Testify in Watershed Hearing SEE LIST OF EXPERTS READY FOR DRBC HEARING 11/15/10 Monthly Meeting October, 2010 10/12/10 Monthly Meeting Oct. 20, 2010 September, 2010 9/19/10 Charlie has reported large schools of baby shad in the Delaware River. His email is below.
Kevin Ingram has confirmed the sightings, his email is below.
9/16/10 Dave Bittner and Tom Petrilla represented the DRSFA at the Delaware River Basin Fish and Wildlife Management Cooperative’s Technical Committee Meeting on Sept. 13, 2010. The report is below.
June, 2010 6/26/10 Recently the Delaware River Sojourn decided to honor the Delaware River Shad
Fishermen's Association for their work with youth in promoting outdoor education
in recognition of the DRSFA's Shad in Schools program and their Youth Fishing
Education Day by naming David Bittner Lord High Admiral for a section of the
Delaware River and Delaware Canal on which they kayak or canoe. Dave and his
wife Susan accompanied the group of about 65 Sojourners which started at Easton
and ended at Riegelsville, NJ, an eight mile enjoyable and scenic float trip.
Following lunch at Theodore
6/23/10 An article about the documentary " GASLAND " is here. Gasland is currently airing on HBO, check your local listings for showtimes. Gasland is a documentary about natural gas drilling and the consequences of it, including natural gas getting into the water supply. Trailer is below.
6/21/10 Youth Fishing Education Day drawing winners: 1. Kerry Marsh...$100.00
May, 2010 5/18/10 Shad in the Lehigh and Schuylkill rivers subject of repopulation study
March, 2010
3/24/10 A coupon for Dick's Sporting goods can be found HERE - this coupon is for $10 off a $25 order. ( Note: there is a report the DSG on Route 33 refused this coupon )
3/11/10 An article on DRSFA has appeared in the Pottstown Mercury. Link
3/6/10 The Flea Market is this Sunday...
3/3/10 Check out Kevin Ingram's TV interview with Bob Murray while at the Oaks Sports Show.
February, 2010 2/16/10 I would like to thank all of the Club members and other interested parties who have been responding to the PF&BC's claim that the Shad stock on the Delaware River is all peaches and cream. We may have a self sustaining population (exempts the Delaware River from Amendment 3) but it is no where near what it should be. I would caution everyone to keep their comments, civil, no personal attacks please. It seems that a few overly sensitive types have been taken aback by some of the more caustic remarks and suggestions. We welcome all comments, for the good of the Delaware River and it's Shad. I would also like to draw attention to the fine articles pertaining to the Delaware River and Shad currently being written by Gary Blockus of The Morning Call. His articles shed a fair and unbiased light on the problems. Remember the exemption mentioned in amendment 3, A self sustaining population. So maybe we will be allowed to fish for Shad in the Delaware ?? -RM
Gary Blockus of The Morning Call has published 2 more articles on Shad in the Delaware River. Link to part three - click here Link to part four - click here
2/05/10 The DRSFA met this morning 2/5/10 with State Represetative Bob Freeman in his
office located in Easton, Pa.
January, 2010 1/27/10 Gary Blockus of The Morning Call has written a series of articles on the Shad in the Delaware River. Link to part one - click here Link to part two - click here
Representatives of the DRSFA met with State Rep. Michael McGeehan, 173RD
Dist. (Phila) on Tuesday, 1/26. The more we can get the word out, the more help we can get in our efforts to
help the Shad.
JANUARY –Daryl Pierce-Delaware River Biologist FEBRUARY- MARCH- APRIL - Annual Raffle and Striper Fishing Trip Raffle. Door prizes for kids and adults. Light refreshments served. MAY- JUNE-. SEPTEMBER- OCTOBER- NOVEMBER - Directions to the meeting are below All of our activities to help the shad and youth require volunteers and money, both of which seem to be in short supply the last few years. If you can help in any way or know of some good fundraising activities PLEASE let me know!! The club would really appreciate it. Thank you. The phone hotline is being updated by Ron Marks. Shad fishing reports and other news can be phoned in to him at 610-791-0987 or email him at ronaldmarks2@aol.com. Also please email me your info at shadfisherman@aol.com. Keep checking this page for the same info you get on the telephone shad hotline numbers (610-954-0577 or 610-954-0578) We are still trying to develop a base of fishermen to keep us up to date on shad fishing in the river, particularly upriver. Please email me with any suggestions for future meetings. We also support the Northampton County Junior Conservation School in July. It is a full week of environmental and nature experiences. Check out their website at http://www.ncjcs.org. Our meetings take place at the Sewyco Fire Company on Rt. 378 near Black River Road just over South Mountain about a mile south of Bethlehem. It is on the west side of the road. Or, it is a few miles north of Rt. 378's intersection with Rt. 309 in Center Valley. If you have a GPS , you can put in the address as 3593 Old Philadelphia Pike, Bethlehem, PA 18015….Meetings are at 7:00 PM. Remember to practice "Catch and Release". Thanks. The Delaware River Shad Fishermen's Assoc. is dedicated to the preservation of the American shad and the Delaware River Basin Environment. The Association was responsible for leading the push to get fish ladders built into two dams on the Lehigh River to return historic runs of American shad to a river system that had been blocked off for decades. Membership is available for $5 - Donor, $10 - Patron, $25 – Lifetime, $50.00 by emailing drsfa1@gmail.com |
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