At first glance, cod and tilapia look quite similar. After all, they are both mild-tasting white fish. They're both pretty popular too. Even so, these fish are quite different. So, how do they compare ...

Atlantic cod stocks are showing no signs of rebounding in the Gulf of St. Lawrence five years after a DFO assessment said the species' extinction in the gulf was probable. (Robert F. Bukaty/The ...

Atlantic cod are actually five separate species of fish, not one, researchers have claimed after conducting a genetic analysis – though not everyone agrees with their findings. “What we thought was a ...

The latest assessment of Atlantic cod fish stocks in the Gulf of St. Lawrence continues to paint a bleak picture for the future of the species. Fisheries and Oceans Canada issued a warning five years ...

A "first-of-its-kind" study by researchers at Rutgers University and the University of Oslo has found that overfishing is not likely to be causing evolutionary changes and early maturation in the ...

Thousands of needle-nosed fish have recently washed up on Cape Cod Bay beaches in Massachusetts. The fish in question are the Atlantic saury, a species of Scomberesocidae fish that swim in large ...

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