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Originally Posted by bulletbob
https://www.charlestonseafood.com/Wh...r_p/fldwhl.htm
with this kind of value for whole [not fillets] flounder/fluke, it will never end. The slaughter will continue until the fish are declared ""commercially extinct"".. Then they will shut down all recreational fishing and allow something like "targeted limited harvest" to the commercials. When people will pay $45 or so bucks for 1 1/2 pounds of fish and 1/2 pound of fins,skin and bone, there will be plenty of eager little beavers that will happily drag the last few off the increasingly lifeless bottom.. It happened with Cod, Weakfish, Winter Flounder, Boston Macs, Silver Hake,.. What makes anyone think it can't happen with summer Flounder?.... bob
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Got you beat Bob, check these prices from the same Charleston Seafood, $63.87 for 2 lbs. of fillets.
https://www.charlestonseafood.com/Fl...t_p/fldflt.htm
Why do you think North Carolina comes up here with all the other commercial operators to get in on the gold rush every winter and wipes the ocean floor clean. Caught off the Southeast Coast, those fish are probably caught of New Jersey since almost all of North Carolina's quota is caught in the winter. And why do you think all those just short fish the recreational sector release every year never materializes to an increase in keeper / short ratios the following year.
Exactly why the summer and winter flounder fisheries were dedicated to the commercial sector years ago being they have an east / west migration meaning they're accessible year round to commercial fisheries from the Outer Banks to Gloucester. There's strong demand year round from retail consumer stores (Whole Foods / Wegmans / fish markets), restaurants and the sushi market and they carry an enormous price tag. Perfect fish for the commercial industry to fatten up on year round sadly at the expense of the recreational sector and fishery itself. We'll never learn, well done Department of Commerce and NMFS.
