Cape Cod hook fishermen make up the majority of fishermen in New England who catch cod on long lines of baited hooks.

They know firsthand the news is not good because they've seen their cod catches drop precipitously from nearly 3 million pounds in 1999 to just 307,000 pounds in 2003. While some of that may be due to stricter regulations that cut fishing time to just 50 days a year and closed large areas of ocean, fishermen just aren't seeing cod like they used to.

Haddock