Shad on the move
May 09, 2016 12:00 am
• Last Updated: May 10, 2016 2:45 pm
One hundred American Shad spill from a Norwich Public Utilities tank truck into the Taftville reservoir Monday, May 9, 2016. NPU employees collected the fish at the Greeneville hydropower facility fish lift for the relocation. As part of NPU's permit for operating the hydropower facility they are required to move 10% of the 3000-4000 shad that pass through the fish lift each year to a point above the Taftville and/or Occum dams on the Shetucket River. Today's "trap and truck" operation was the first of this shad migration season. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
One hundred American Shad spill from a Norwich Public Utilities tank truck into the Taftville reservoir Monday, May 9, 2016. NPU employees collected the fish at the Greeneville hydropower facility fish lift for the relocation. As part of NPU's permit for operating the hydropower facility they are required to move 10% of the 3000-4000 shad that pass through the fish lift each year to a point above the Taftville and/or Occum dams on the Shetucket River.
Today's "trap and truck" operation was the first of this shad migration season.
Norwich Public Utilities maintenance technician Pete Barber scoops American Shad from the Greeneville Dam fish lift to be transferred to the Taftville reservoir Monday, May 9, 2016. As part of NPU's permit for operating the Greeneville hydropower facility they are required to move 10% of the 3000-4000 shad that pass through the facility each year to a point above the Taftville and/or Occum dams on the Shetucket River. Today's "trap and truck" operation was the first of this shad migration season. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Norwich Public Utilities maintenance technician Pete Barber scoops American Shad from the Greeneville Dam fish lift to be transferred to the Taftville reservoir Monday, May 9, 2016. As part of NPU's permit for operating the Greeneville hydropower facility they are required to move 10% of the 3000-4000 shad that pass through the facility each year to a point above the Taftville and/or Occum dams. Today's "trap and truck" operation was the first of this shad migration season. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Norwich Public Utilities maintenance operator Eric Dungan places American Shad from the Greeneville Dam fish lift into a transport tank to be transferred to the Taftville reservoir Monday, May 9, 2016. As part of NPU's permit for operating the Greeneville hydropower facility they are required to move 10% of the 3000-4000 shad that pass through the facility each year to a point above the Taftville and/or Occum dams. Today's "trap and truck" operation was the first of this shad migration season. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
One hundred American Shad spill from a Norwich Public Utilities tank truck into the Taftville reservoir Monday, May 9, 2016. NPU employees collected the fish at the Greeneville hydropower facility fish lift for the relocation. As part of NPU's permit for operating the hydropower facility they are required to move 10% of the 3000-4000 shad that pass through the fish lift each year to a point above the Taftville and/or Occum dams on the Shetucket River. Today's "trap and truck" operation was the first of this shad migration season. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
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