2004 Connecticut River Migratory Fish Counts
Note: Only observed fish are counted, therefore these totals do not represent all returns.
Total Fish Passage Counts
Includes dams up to and including the Holyoke Dam.
| Species | Count | |
|---|---|---|
Adult American Eel | 1 | |
Alewife | 7 | |
American Shad | 192,584 | |
Atlantic Salmon | 69 | |
ATS, Released | 6 | |
Blueback Herring | 156 | |
Gizzard Shad | 279 | |
Sea Lamprey | 61,514 | |
Striped Bass | 256 |
Fish Passage Counts by Dam
| Dam | River | Location | Species | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow Dam | Farmington River | Poquonock, CT | Adult American Eel | 1 |
| Alewife | 7 | |||
| American Shad | 116 | |||
| Atlantic Salmon | 13 | |||
| Blueback Herring | 4 | |||
| Sea Lamprey | 882 | |||
| DSI Dam | Westfield River | West Springfield, MA | American Shad | 913 |
| Atlantic Salmon | 11 | |||
| Blueback Herring | 1 | |||
| Sea Lamprey | 1,171 | |||
| Holyoke Dam | Connecticut River | Holyoke, MA | American Shad | 191,555 |
| Atlantic Salmon | 45 | |||
| ATS, Released | 6 | |||
| Blueback Herring | 151 | |||
| Gizzard Shad | 279 | |||
| Sea Lamprey | 59,461 | |||
| Striped Bass | 256 | |||
| Gatehouse Dam | Connecticut River | Turners Falls, MA | American Shad | 2,092 |
| Atlantic Salmon | 1 | |||
| Blueback Herring | 43 | |||
| Sea Lamprey | 8,229 | |||
| Striped Bass | 9 | |||
| Vernon Dam | Connecticut River | Vernon, VT | American Shad | 653 |
| ATS, Released | 1 |
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| Gizzard Shad | 1 |
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| Sea Lamprey | 3,668 |
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| Bellows Falls Dam | Connecticut River | Bellows Falls, VT | ATS, Released | 1 |
| Wilder Dam | Connecticut River | ATS, Released | 1 | |
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