PORTLAND, Maine -- The collapse of cod stocks off Nova Scotia changed the marine ecosystem so dramatically that it may be impossible for cod to recover, according to a study by Canadian scientists ...

A Nova Scotia man has been fined $5,000 and ordered to forfeit his catch of halibut and cod after being convicted last month of illegally fishing in a marine protected area off Cape Breton Island. The ...

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 ...

Atlantic cod, New England’s most iconic fish, has been reported at historic lows for years, but fishermen hope a new video monitoring technique will prove there are more of the fish than federal ...

A Nova Scotia fisherman has been fined more than $76,000 for fishing in a closed area and lying about where he was.

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 ...