Cape Cod and the nearby islands stick out into the Atlantic and Long Island Sound to offer fantastic fishing by boat, ...

Reporting from Chatham, Mass. — There aren’t enough cod left on Cape Cod. That soon becomes evident to the tourists crowding an observation deck to watch fishermen unload their boats in this ...

An old wooden carving known as “the Sacred Cod” hangs in the Massachusetts State House. That figurine has stared down at lawmakers for more than two centuries as a reminder of how important cod ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Kiss that New England cod goodbye. At least for now. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has closed off most of the waters off the Northeast coast to cod fishing for the next ...

Wreck fishing for cod, pollock and ling should develop in the next two weeks into both an inshore and offshore fishery with party boat captains making decent catches. The inshore wrecks out 10-15 ...