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Raju Mann

President & CEO

Fish

The Hudson River estuary stretches 153 miles from Troy to New York Harbor, nearly half the river’s entire 315 mile course between the Adirondacks in upstate New York and the Battery at the tip of Manhattan. An estuary is a where salty sea water meets fresh water running off the land, and they are among the Earth’s most productive ecosystems. The Hudson River is home to over 150 species of fish.

BPCA’s catch and release programs such as Go Fish! and our Marine Education field trips for NYC schools give people of all ages a chance to learn about the marine life in New York Harbor. Fish you can find in the Hudson River include:

  • American Eel (Anguilla rostrata)
  • Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua)
  • Atlantic Manhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus)
  • Blackfish/Tautog (Tautoga onitis)
  • Black Sea Bass (Centropristis striata)
  • Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix)
  • Cunner (Tautogolabrus adspersus)
  • Hickory Shad (Alosa mediocris)
  • Northern Puffer (Sphoeroides maculatus)
  • Northern Sea Robin (Prionotus carolinus)
  • Oyster Toadfish (Opsanus tau)
  • Porgy/Scup (Stenotomus chrysops)
  • Silverside (Menidia menidia)
  • Smooth Dogfish (Mustelus canis) *
  • Spiny Dogfish (Squalus acanthias)*
  • Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis)
  • Summer Flounder/Fluke (Paralichthys dentatus)
  • Tomcod (Microgadus tomcod)
  • Virginia Spot (Leiostomus xanthurus)
  • White Perch (Morone americana)

* denotes species caught by anglers independent of BPC programs.

Other organisms that can also be found in the river nearby include:

  • Sea Grapes (Molgula manhattensis)
  • Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus)
  • Star Tincate (Botryllus schlosseri)

Visitors and fisherfolk are encouraged to send us photographs and/or details of their own catch.  Please send them to info.bpc@bpca.ny.gov.

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