This project performed an evaluation of American shad and striped bass movement and habitat use above the recently removed Quaker Neck Dam on the Neuse River. This was the second dam removed as part of a larger initiative to restore fish passage at five sites in the Neuse River Basin.

The evaluation found that both American shad and striped bass were using habitats for spawning upstream of the former dam site. Complete access was provided to 79 miles of suitable spawning and rearing habitat by removal of the Quaker Neck dam.

Striped bass spawning locations before and after dam removal