When it comes to fried fish baskets, you might have doubts about how good one from a fast food restaurant can be. Very good, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ray Brighton was right. His aptly titled two-volume history of Portsmouth, “They Came to Fish,” defines in four small words the reason New Hampshire was founded. It also hints, between the lines, that ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Cod has played a central role in the cultural history and economic development of New England fishing communities for more than 400 years. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

Alongside the cuts to cod, Norway, E.U., and U.K. officials also agreed to a 20 percent cut to the quota of North Sea herring, setting the quota to 328,566 MT. Other stocks will also be seeing cuts, ...