Little fish, epic journey: Arkansas biologists track 650-mile migration of Alabama shad  • Arkansas Game & Fish Commission

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Little fish, epic journey: Arkansas biologists track 650-mile migration of Alabama shad  • Arkansas Game & Fish Commission

LITTLE ROCK — Thirty juvenile Alabama shad are striking out on a 650-mile journey from the Ouachita River in southwest Arkansas to the Gulf Coast and beyond, and for the first time in history, biologists with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will be tagging along. The Alabama shad is ranked as the fourth-rarest fish in Arkansas and is being considered as a candidate for the Endangered Species Act by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Each …