U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Susquehanna River - Delaware River Coordinator

Represented by the following Members of the National Marine Fisheries Service breaching and removing unneeded Congress: through the Delaware River Fisheries dams, and replacing impassable culverts Senator (R) Cooperative to protect, restore and Senator (R) enhance fishery and aquatic resources Compiling, analyzing and reviewing Rep. John Peterson (R-5th) such as American shad, striped bass, Delaware basin shad monitoring data Rep. (R-9th) American eel, river herring, Atlantic from each partner state and providing a Rep. (R-10th) and shortnose sturgeon, oyster, consolidated annual report to ASMFC Rep. (D-11th) and horseshoe crab throughout the Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-16th) Delaware River basin. Coordinating contract to assess yearly Rep. (D-17th) using a hydroacoustics survey the size Management Activities of American shad population in the Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-DE) Working with private utility Delaware River Senator Thomas R. Carper (D-DE) companies and state agencies to Rep. Michael N. Castle (R-at large) restore American shad and river Serving as Service representative on herring to the Susquehanna River several ASMFC technical committees Contact by enhancing fish passage at dams, and plan review teams Project Leader stocking spawning adult herring Susquehanna - Delaware River and cultured shad above blockages, Coordinator and monitoring the program’s success P.O. Box 67000 Harrisburg, PA 17106-7000 Developing annual operation plans Phone: 717/705 7838 at Susquehanna hydrodams and Fax: 717/705 7901 monitoring upstream and downstream TDD: 800/877 8339 fish passage for shad and herring E-mail: [email protected] Assisting state fish passage coordinators The separate Susquehanna River and in Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware River Coordinator positions , Delaware and New York were combined into a single position in to provide fish passage at dams by fiscal year 2006. designing and constructing fishways, American shad Duane Raver/USFWS Purpose Through the Susquehanna River Issues Develop Delaware basin Atlantic Anadromous Fish Restoration Develop a stable source of sturgeon restoration plan with Cooperative, the Susquehanna Susquehanna River shad eggs for possible use of cultured fish to enhance Coordinator oversees a multi-state the hatchery culture program and population recovery. (New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland), complete ongoing genetics and federal and utility company effort acoustics investigations. to restore American shad and other U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service migratory fish to historic spawning Resolve fish passage problems at waters above dams. This effort includes 1 800/344 WILD mainstem and tributary dams and http://www.fws.gov stocking, population assessment, improve passage effectiveness. development of new fish passages and January 2006 dam removals. Complete designs, attract sufficient funds and construct fishways at three The Delaware River Coordinator works dams in the West Branch Susquehanna with the states of Delaware, New River. Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania and