What is Twait shad?
[[File:Alosa_fallax.jpg|thumb|270px|Twait shad]] The '''twait shad''' or '''twaite shad''' (''Alosa fallax'') is a [[fish]].<ref name=IUCNF>Freyhof J. & Kottelat M. 2008. ''Alosa fallax''. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.</ref> It was much eaten, and thought to be one of the best-tasting fish.<ref>Rare fish set for return to [[River Severn]] breeding grounds. ''BBC Science & Environment''. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-57016998]</ref> Its [[life style]] is rather similar to the [[salmon]]. The adults live in the eastern [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] and [[Mediterranean]], but come up rivers to breed. They have vanished from the dinner table because the Victorians build [[weir]]s in the [[River Severn|Severn]] which stopped the fish getting to their breeding grounds The Severn, in SW England, is vital to the fish. It is by far the largest river opening in that part of the Atlantic. [[Overfishing]], [[water pollution|pollution]] and [[habitat destruction]] have also helped the shad's decline. Now, ways round the weirs are being built, so the fish can once again reach its ancestral breeding grounds. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Edible fish]] [[Category:Clupeiformes]] [[Category:Threatened species]]