Southern flounder
Western Central Atlantic
North Carolina Commercial
United States
Gillnets and entangling nets
Biological Stock
Fishery:
Florida Commercial
United States
Hand implements
Fishery:
Georgia Commercial
United States
Hooks and lines
Fishery:
North Carolina Commercial
United States
Gillnets and entangling nets
Fishery:
South Carolina Commercial
United States
Hand implements
Fishery:
South Carolina Commercial
United States
Small mesh bottom trawls
Profile updated on 30 November 2021
SUMMARY
SUMMARY
IDENTIFICATION
SCIENTIFIC NAME(s)
Paralichthys lethostigma
SPECIES NAME(s)
Southern flounder, Fluke
Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic stocks are considered to be distinct genetically (Blandon et al, 2001; Renshaw et al, 2012). Research is undergoing to identify possible different populations in the Atlantic coast (Midway, 2011).
ANALYSIS
Strengths
- Recent improvements to management include stock assessments conducted for the stock as a whole, rather than individual states.
- When a stock assessment indicates harvest rates are above the threshold level and/or biomass is below the threshold level, NC state law requires that fishing mortality is reduced below the Ftarget within two years and biomass is rebuilt to above the SSBtarget within 10 years.
SCORES
Management Quality:
Management Strategy:
0.0
Managers Compliance:
≥ 8
Fishers Compliance:
≥ 6
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