July 31, 2017 — GLOUCESTER, Mass. — Federal regulators had some bad news for New England’s recreational saltwater fishermen this week.
NOAA Fisheries announced new management measures for the recreational cod and haddock fisheries in the Gulf of Maine.
Effective Thursday, July 27, the regulators banned all recreational cod fishing in the waters between Cape Cod and the Canadian border known as the Gulf of Maine Regulated Mesh Area.
The ban applies to possession of any cod by recreational fishermen.