The cod fishing bite had been hit or miss at the East Grounds, Cox Ledge and Sharks Ledge off Rhode Island lately. However, the bite at Georges Bank off Massachusetts and Rhode Island has been very ...

PORTLAND, MainePORTLAND, 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 ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Fishing industry managers are recommending the already-diminished U.S. cod fishery face another reduction in catch limits. Cod fishing was once a huge industry in New England, ...

The New England Fishery Management Council will host three public workshops, including one in Rhode Island, to identify challenges and discuss ideas for how to address Atlantic cod management, ...

Cod fish are bottom fish that are basically lazy. They are not aggressively hunting, and they pretty much stay on the bottom, often near structure such as underwater wrecks, rock piles, holes, humps ...