TNC/Chesapeake Bay Fish Passage Prioritization Tool » The largest of the anadromous herring (or “clupeids”) in Virginia is the American shad, which once migrated westward in the James River to Covington and beyond. The magnitude and sheer number of fish involved in these great migrations astonished early Europeans such as Alexander Whitaker, who wrote in … Continue reading On the Road to Recovery: American Shad Restoration