Alabama Shad (Alosa alabamae)
Alabama Shad: Art credit Duane Raver, commissioned by U.S. FWS
Key Information
The Alabama shad was identified as a Candidate Species on July 14, 1997 (62 FR 37560) and transferred to the Species of Concern List on April 15, 2004 (69 FR 19975).
Brief Species Description
The Alabama shad is an anadromous species that spawns in medium to large flowing rivers from the Mississippi River drainage to the Suwannee River, Florida. For more information, please see the species fact sheet below.
Listing Information
Notice of 90-day finding on the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) et al. petition to list the Alabama shad as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act (76 FR 9320).
On April 20, 2010, CBD et al. petitioned the National Marine Fisheries Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife to list the Alabama shad as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
Research Underway
The Proactive Species Conservation Program is funding a Alabama Shad Restoration and Management Plan for the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, and Flint River Basins with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.
Status Reports
Status and Population Viability of the Alabama Shad. August 2011. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-620, 62 p.
Area of Concern / SOC Range
Western Atlantic: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Missouri.
Alabama Shad SOC Range Map
Recent Publications
B.R. Bowen, et al. Phylogentic Relationships Among North American Alosa Species (Clupeidae). Journal of Fish Science. 2008. 72: 1188-1201
P.F. Mickle, Schaefer, J.F., Adams, S.B., and Kreiser, B.R. Habitat use of age 0 Alabama shad in the Pascagoula River drainage, USA. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 2010: 19: 107-115.
P.C. Ely, Young, S.P., and Isely, J.J. Population Size and Relative Abundance of Adult Alabama Shad Reaching Jim Woodruff Lock and Dam, Apalachicola River, Florida. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 2008. 28: 827-831.
D.W. Meadows, Adams, S.B., and Schaefer, J.F. Threatened Fishes of the World: Alosa alabamae (Jordan and Everman, 1896) (Clupeidae). Environ Biol Fish. 2008. 82: 173-174.
Supplemental Information
Jim Woodruff Lock and Dam on the Apalachicola River: Project to assist Alabama Shad migration
Estuaries.gov
Species Fact Sheet
Conservation Designations
