Bill boars the Winner III in Rockport, for some ocean cod and haddock drift fishing. The Ocean off Rockport, Massachusetts is the setting for some deep water canyon fishing for cod and haddock. Drift ...

Atlantic cod and other fish species collected during one of the annual scientific surveys of the Scotian Shelf. Courtesy: Kenneth Frank. Back in the early 1900s British scientist Walter Garstang and ...

ROCKPORT, Maine (AP) — The cod isn’t so sacred in New England anymore. The fish-and-chips staple was once a critical piece of New England’s fishing industry, but catch is plummeting to all-time lows ...

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, ...

Cod stocks in the North East Atlantic, already at risk from over-fishing are also facing a very real threat from climate change. The current over-fishing by UK and European fleets has led to the ...

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.

What better way to start our 61st season of Land & Sea than with a show all about the icon of the Newfoundland and Labrador fishery — the northern cod. A profile of the cod fishery in southern ...