Robert Bradfield was one of the East Coast's most endangered species ... David Goethel has spent most of his life fishing for New England cod, and he doesn't want to stop now.

The New England Fishery ... about catching cod while tautog fishing close to shore off Newport and Point Judith over the past few years. The bite has been good at the East Fishing Ground 3 miles ...

There is no place in the world like the Cape Cod Canal ... new moons, the fishing is almost guaranteed to be good somewhere between the west end in Buzzards Bay and the east end in Sagamore.

As a result, codfishing is better here than in New England while ... Mar Striper Club's cod award for a 34-pounder he hooked last summer from a wreck not very far from shore.

The Marine Fisheries Advisory Commission last month approved new restrictions on shore-based shark fishing, specifically targeting parts of the Cape Cod coast where white sharks are most common.