GroundFish Fishery

The fishermen were sentenced for "knowingly subverting commercial fishing reporting requirements" in a scheme involving Atlantic herring, prosecutors said in a statement. The defendants included owners, captains and crew members of the Western Sea, a ship that operates out of Maine.

Haddock are one of the most popular Atlantic fish, and a favorite for fish and chips and other New England seafood dishes.

New Hampshire-based Blue Water Fisheries wants to place 40 submersible fish pens in water about 7.5 miles off Newburyport, Massachusetts, according to federal documents reviewed by The Associated Press.

A study by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or NOAA finds that Atlantic Cod cod stocks have reached the lowest level ever.Russ Brown,…

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, or NOAA, announced Wednesday that New Hampshire’s groundfishery will receive more than $2 million in…

The New England Fishery Management Council has approved drastic new cuts in cod fishing. The Council, meeting in Portsmouth, voted 14 to 3 to pass the…

New Hampshire fishermen who are hoping for federal disaster relief funds will have to wait a bit longer for those dollars. Money slated to go to the…