Atlantic commercial flounder fishing now open

Published 8:44 am Thursday, February 29, 2024

By Staff Reports

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Southern flounder. Courtesy NC Division of Marine Fisheries
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North Carolina Marine Fisheries Proclamation FF-12-2024 opened the Atlantic Ocean commercial flounder season at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024.

The proclamation established an 11,000-pound offload limit for vessels employing trawls. Properly licensed vessel Captains can possess landing limits for other states, but it is unlawful to offload those fish in North Carolina.

The fishery will close by proclamation once 80% of the annual North Carolina quota is reached, or at 6 p.m. on March 14, 2024, whichever occurs first.

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