Allis shad
Alosa alosa · Mackerel, garfish and shoal fish
Also called shad
A protected species. If you catch one, handle it carefully and put it back alive.
A rare herring-like fish that is protected in the UK and must be returned at once; it is bigger than twaite shad and only a few rivers still hold it.[1]
How to recognise it
When and where
- Found over
- estuary, open water[2]
Sources
These notes are a draft: we gathered them from the sources above and are still checking them. We don't work out best times for this fish yet. The size rules come from the same checked byelaws as every other fish.