Cod was once so plentiful in New England that legend had it you could walk across the local waters by stepping on the backs of the fish.
Now, though, this tasty species is in such trouble there that cod fishing is practically shut down.
And scientists say it looks like rapid warming in the Gulf of Maine explains why regulators' recent efforts to help the cod while allowing fishing were a failure.
"Year after year, as they looked at the population, they realized that there were fewer cod than they expected there to be," says
