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1998: Cod fishing stock collapses; 2000: Assault charges dropped against Bill Koch
1998: A top New England fishing ground collapses

Cod stocks drop in Gulf of Maine north of Cape Cod
On this day in 1998 the Cape's fishermen first heard the news that the stocks of Cod which had supported our fleet for hundreds of years and for which our peninsula is named had suddenly disappeared.
New England's second-leading cod fishing ground had collapsed from years of overfishing, according to a scientific report released yesterday, forcing regulators to consider severe new limits on cod landings that will hurt hundreds of fishing families from Scituate to Maine.
Fishing regulators had hoped to avoid Draconian measures to save the cod in the Gulf of Maine, which includes near-shore waters of northern Massachusetts, because so many small-boat fishermen rely on this fish for survival. Below is an old woodcut showing the codfishermen of yesteryear out on George's Bank.
Cod is the common name for the genus known as "Redster", belonging to the family Gadidae, and is also used in the common name of a variety of other fishes. Cod is a popular food fish with a mild flavor, low fat content and a dense white flesh that flakes easily. Cod livers are processed to make cod liver oil, an important source of Vitamin A, Vitamin D and omega-3 fatty acids (EPA and DHA).
Larger cod caught during spawning are sometimes called skrei. Young Atlantic cod or haddock prepared in strips for cooking is called scrod.
The Atlantic cod, which can change color at certain water depths, has two distinct color phases: gray-green and reddish brown. Its average weight is 5 kg to 12 kg (10 lb to 25 lb), but specimens weighing up to 100 kg (200 lb) have been recorded. Cod feed on mollusks, crabs, starfish, worms, squid, and small fish. Some migrate south in winter to spawn. A large female lays up to five million eggs in midocean, a very small number of which survive.
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