FWC approves stricter flounder bag, size limits in Florida waters

Posted on December 30, 2020

At its December Commission meeting, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved changes to the management of Florida’s flounder fishery.

“A stock status update suggested that the flounder fishery statewide has been in a general declining trend in recent years and is likely overfished and undergoing overfishing on the Atlantic coast of Florida,” FWC officials said. “Other south Atlantic and Gulf states have also reported declines in flounder populations and have been making their own regulation changes.”

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