Warming waters in the Gulf of Maine have reduced Atlantic cod populations in that region and distorted estimates of how many fish were available to catch, a new study finds. Cod stocks have decreased ...

Researchers used juvenile Pacific cod collected by the NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center Fisheries Behavioral Ecology program from 16 sites around Kodiak Island in mid-July and late August for the ...

Researchers keep discovering surprises in the Atlantic cod genome. The most recent study has revealed an unusual amount of short and identical DNA sequences, which might give cod an evolutionary ...

The eastern Baltic cod has shrunk dramatically in size in recent decades due to rapid evolution — changes at the genetic level — caused by decades of intensive fishing, a new study says. It’s one of ...

PROVINCETOWN, Mass. (AP) — A Cape Cod science group is in the midst of a federally-funded project to find and remove abandoned fishing gear from Cape Cod Bay. The Center for Coastal Studies says its ...

A rapid warming of the Gulf of Maine off the eastern United States has made the water too hot for cod, pushing stocks towards collapse despite deep reductions in the number of fish caught, a U.S.

Cod liver oil and other fish oils are often used as dietary supplements because they contain nutrients such as omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin A, and vitamin D. It has been known for some time that these ...