Federal fishing managers say rules for recreational fishing of cod and haddock off New England are staying the same for the time being, and that means fishing for cod in the Gulf of Maine is still ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The federal government is shutting down recreational cod fishing in a key fishing area off New England for several months. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...

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 ...

Decades of overfishing have depleted cod populations in New England to just a tiny percentage of their former numbers, and recently, already-depleted cod populations have plunged further, threatening ...

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.

High-sided and tippy, the dories only stabilized when they had 400 to 500 pounds of fish heaped in the bottom.

Signed under the shadow of increasing concern for fish stocks, the most dramatic falls affect cod, 44%, herring, 20%, and ...

Alongside the cuts to cod, Norway, E.U., and U.K. officials also agreed to a 20 percent cut to the quota of North Sea herring ...

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A fishing boat is missing after last being seen off the coast of Cape Cod, the U.S. Coast Guard said. Seahorse is a 30-foot fishing vessel that was two days overdue, the Coast Guard said Tuesday. It ...

Ray Brighton was right. His aptly titled two-volume history of Portsmouth, “They Came to Fish,” defines in four small words the reason New Hampshire was founded. It also hints, between the lines, that ...