JUNE 7TH IS WORLD FISH MIGRATION DAY --- HELP COUNT THE FISH!

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June 7 is World Fish Migration Day: Help Count Fish!

Join us Saturday, June 7 for the annual Lower Hudson & Harbor Fish Count in honor of World Fish Migration Day & World Ocean Day. This free, family-friendly fishing event takes place at riverfronts in Piermont, Yonkers, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Staten Island. Check out what we’re catching in our nets and on our fishing lines.

DEC and partners will be hosting a fish count at Lemon Creek Park on Staten Island from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Put on waders (provided) and help pull a seine net along the shallows and the beaches to net fish and crabs.

World Fish Migration Day & Ocean Day is a global celebration to create awareness about the importance of migratory fish and free-flowing rivers. Each spring, the Hudson River estuary is alive with migratory fish species that are drawn into its protective waters as part of their spawning cycle. Estuaries provide smaller, shallower waterways with protection from the much larger fish that circulate in the ocean. Most migratory species are anadromous, meaning they live in the ocean and move into the Hudson to reproduce. Find out more including the locations of the fishing sites and event times on the Lower Hudson & Harbor Fish Count website.