Record #:

7737

Author(s):

Seiling, Erin

Abstract:

During the 1980s and 1990s, southern flounder became a major fishery in the state. This occurred because restrictions on the summer flounder fishery increased the demand for other flounder. The southern flounder became so popular commercially that the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries now considers this flounder overfished. The division approved a statewide management plan in 2005 that imposes new guidelines to protect the fishery and help it recover. Seiling discusses three North Carolina Fishery Resource Grant research teams that are studying the southern flounder to assist in better management and to provide regional data about the fish.

Source:

Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue , Spring 2006, p22-25, il

Subject(s):

Flatfish fisheries; Southern flounder