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 ...

Sonoma County Black Cod Week is the epitome of what it means — and what it takes — to support local, sustainable food. The new culinary event, which runs through Oct. 27 at more than four dozen ...

We are moving into the summer season and yet winter keeps seeping into my thoughts. A strange thing occurred during the winter of 2022-23 and into this spring. An odd-looking fish has cropped up off ...

New cod fishing regulations in New England will make life more complicated for the region’s groundfish fleet during a period ...

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 ...

A new study looking at Atlantic cod populations suggests that historical fishing efforts may not be responsible for the population’s low levels “Fish populations around the world have collapsed and ...

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 ...

Many debates over the last few decades have centered on whether cod have evolved in response to fisheries, a phenomenon known as fisheries-induced evolution. Cod now mature at a much earlier age, for ...

Atlantic cod, a fish that was foundational to New England's economy, is being caught at historically low levels. But a research scientist says cod is in the early stages of a comeback. Atlantic cod ...

Last summer, I wrote about a very interesting fish, showing up in the Gulf of Maine and promised an update. Well, here it is. We nicknamed it a “coddock” due to its strange shape and coloration. It ...