July 15, 2015 — Federal regulators are denying a request from a coalition of environmental groups to prohibit fishing of imperiled Gulf of Maine cod.

Cod are an important food species that New England fishermen have sought for centuries.

Regulators and scientists say the stock is struggling because the level of cod spawning in the Gulf of Maine is a fraction of target levels.

Read the full story from the Associated Press at CentralMaine.com