In the past decade, the Gulf of Maine warmed faster than 99.9 percent of the global ocean. The rapid warming explains why recent fishing policies failed to rebuild the cod population, a study finds.

The Gulf of Maine cod fishery was deemed to be on its way to recovery in 2008, with a chance of reaching "rebuilt" status by 2014. This was great news for this historically and economically important ...

PORTLAND — Federal regulators say an analysis of Gulf of Maine cod suggests the important species will continue to decline. The National Marine Fisheries Service says in a statement that ...

The “New World” was built on the codfish. In the 1600s, John Smith built a colony of fishermen on the Isles of Shoals off Strawberry Bank, New Hampshire. According to his writings, the cod ...

Our Cape's namesake fish is in hot water.Desperate measures have been taken, cod quotas have been slashed again and again, and yet fish numbers continue to slide. Now, a new study by the Gulf of ...

PORTLAND (AP) — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says there will be no legal possession of cod for recreational fishermen in the Gulf of Maine this year. Cod is an iconic fish ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Federal regulators voted Wednesday to close several areas to commercial cod fishing in the Gulf of Maine as they seek to rebuild the depleted fishery. The closures approved ...

PORTLAND (AP) — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says there will be no legal possession of cod for recreational fishermen in the Gulf of Maine this year. Cod is an iconic fish ...

PORTLAND, Maine — The level of codfish spawning in one of the most critical fisheries in the Northeast United States is at an all-time low, putting more pressure on a fishery already dealing ...