N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission: To Preserve the Resource, Recreational Flounder Season Will Not Open in 2024
May 24, 2024
May 24, 2024
MOREHEAD CITY, North Carolina, May 24 -- The North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission issued the following news release:
In order to preserve the southern flounder resource, the North Carolina recreational flounder season will not open for harvest in 2024. Estimates from 2023 indicate the recreational catch exceeded the quota allowed under a stock rebuilding plan that was included in Amendment 3 to the Southern Flounder Fishery Management Plan and adopted by the N.C. Marine Fisher . . .
In order to preserve the southern flounder resource, the North Carolina recreational flounder season will not open for harvest in 2024. Estimates from 2023 indicate the recreational catch exceeded the quota allowed under a stock rebuilding plan that was included in Amendment 3 to the Southern Flounder Fishery Management Plan and adopted by the N.C. Marine Fisher . . .