Shad Fishing on the Hudson
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In the mid-1980s, I lived in Nyack, N.Y., a
small town on the Hudson River about 20 miles north of Manhattan. During
shad season in April and May, local fishermen would string nets between
poles or buoys and catch shad. A large member of the herring family,
the shad is a bony fish whose roe is a prized seasonal delicacy. Shad
fishing had been done in the same way for centuries: men went out in
small boats and pulled nets in hand-over-hand. I photographed shad fishermen
up and down the river, recording the different styles of fishing. The
work was exhibited at the South Street Seaport Museum in Manhattan and
at other maritime museums in New York State.
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