Mid Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) effectively voted in favor of a 29% cut in the summer flounder quota for both the commercial and recreational sector starting in 2016.
A new ‘phased in’ reduction of harvest approved by the Council in 17 to 3 vote will reduce the recreational fishing quota to 5.42 million pounds of summer flounder in 2016, significantly down from the 2015 allowance of 7.38 million pounds in the recreational sector.
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