North Carolina 2024 fluke season:

[kevin kovach]

That's actually incorrect. The flounder species in nc is 90 percent fluke. There are some southern flounder in the southern part of the state but majority are fluke. And I really don't feel bad for them. They used to have the best fluke fishery on the east coast. I remember vacationing there on the outer banks when I was a kid and you could catch 50 a day from the bank at the inlet. Then they let the commercial boats get out of hand with virtually no havest limit about 25 to 30 years ago, ever since it has been going down hill. Now the rec fisherman suffer. Also keep in mind these draggers are still in business. You can see these nc boats off loading fluke in cape may in winter, fishing our grounds around the lobster claw and tea cup. This biomass is largely njs summer fluke. I have seen it first hand , while nj commercial boats couldn't fish because there quota was full. Yet out of state boats could still offload using their states quota. It's really screwed up.