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The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission FWC will host two virtual flounder workshops to gather public input about management of the flounder fishery. The workshops will take place at 5 p.m. CDT today and June 4.
FWC’s stock status update suggests 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.
Connect to the workshops via FWC.adobeconnect.com/mfm. A number to call into will be on the screen once logged into Adobe Connect.
A video presentation available:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePWUpnPNzWY&feature=youtu.be
Click the following link to submit comments on the issue:
Potential regulation changes
- Reduce recreational bag limit from 10 to five fish per person.
- Increase minimum size limit from 12 inches to 14 inches (recreational and commercial).
- Establish a November closure (recreational and commercial).
- Establish a commercial vessel limit of 150 flounder when using allowable gear.
- Extend all FWC flounder regulations into federal waters.
