National Marine Fisheries Service

Cod stocks are failing in the Gulf of Maine, but a plan to rebuild those stocks is still up in the air. The New England Regional Fishery Management Council on Wednesday by a 9-8 vote, rejected a plan to ban all cod fishing in the Gulf...

Federal regulators say an analysis of Gulf of Maine cod suggests the important species will continue to decline. The National Marine Fisheries Service says in a statement that ``virtually every indicator'' of the cod stock's condition declined in 2013...