Commercial fishers are asking regulators to maintain the current quota for northern shelf cod after a scientific body ...

One of the oldest fishing industries in the U.S. sank to a new low in catch last year, signaling that efforts to rebuild the fishery still have a long way to go.New England fishermen have caught ...

PORTLAND, Maine — Federal ocean regulators say a new fishing plan has a chance to rebuild the New England cod stock, which is a goal even many commercial fishermen have long regarded as far fetched.

The New England Fishery Management Council will host three public workshops, including one in Rhode Island, to identify challenges and discuss ideas for how to address Atlantic cod management, ...

Hugo Tagholm, executive director of Oceana UK, said the science confirmed that North Sea cod was in “grave danger of collapse ...

Winter’s not so bad if you live along the Gulf Coast or near the best places to fish in Florida. The temperatures typically stays mild enough that something will keep your rod bent until spring. Of ...

In Rhode Island and in Massachusetts waters south of Cape Cod, cod is king in January. The cod bite off Rhode Island has been good this season with fish at Cox Ledge and even closer in the East ...

Dr. Kwi Young Han holds a cod. Once a giant, today a full-grown specimen can be held in two hands. The shrinking of the cod, as well as the decline in its population, is due to decades of intensive ...

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Conservationists call for action to follow scientific advice and end overfishing in the North Sea and west of Scotland.

BOSTON (WWLP) – NOAA Fisheries has placed commercial fishing regulations for cod along the Gulf of Maine for the next month due to nearly reaching the maximum of allowable catch. According to NOAA, ...

Two bodies were found in the submerged fishing vessel F/V Seahorse on June 11. The 30-foot white hulled boat was found in 25 feet of water near Billingsgate Shoal off Wellfleet on Wednesday afternoon, ...