Newsday, NY - Mar 14, 2008 

• Prompted by historic lows in the Hudson River’s American shad population, state environmental officials have put new restrictions on the fishing season starting Saturday that will limit anglers to catch-and-release and curtail commercial harvests.

• The river’s shad populations has been steadily declining since the mid-to-late 1990s, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation. A recent assessment found the current level is 70 percent lower than the long-term average measured since 1980.   “The primary culprit is overfishing…….

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