In the ocean off of Massachusetts, an unlikely alliance of scientists and fishermen is on a quest. They're looking for mating codfish. The goal is not only to revive a depleted fish population but to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cod could be in for a revival at the fish counter as stocks recover after being overfished for decades. Eating cod has been regarded as close to a crime by environmentalists, and consumers have been ...

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 ...

The line passes over her open hand as the steel weight sinks the hook. Curled around the hook, pierced eye to tailfin, is capelin, a small oily foraging fish that’s the meal of choice for seabirds ...

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 ...

Fishermen have long since cast off aboard boats named for their sweethearts and chugged out to sea before sunrise. Clad in yellow and orange rubber suits, these seafarers drag giant nets across the ...