Tuesday, April 04, 2006

NC Flounder Quota Meeting Tonight

Federal and interstate fisheries management boards are holding a meeting tonight in Morehead City to discuss the possibility of changing the southern flounder harvest percentages allowed by commercial and recreational fishermen. Currently the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission allocates 60% of the harvest to commercial fishing and 40% to recreational catches. The meeting tonight will determine public support for changing the allocation to a 50/50 split or better to add additional flounder to the recreational harvest. North Carolina gets 27 percent of the annual commercial quota set by the ASMFC but less than 3 percent of the total recreational allocation. The meeting begins at 7 PM tonight in Room 306 of the Center for Marine Sciences and Technology (CMAST) building on the campus of Carteret Community College in Morehead City. More on the meeting is available from the New Bern Sun Journal.

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