The drama surrounding New Jersey's summer flounder regulations continued Monday, as a regional fisheries management board rejected the state's adopted regulations for the popular marine catch just days before the fishing season is scheduled to start.
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, a regional agency that helps set fishing quotas for the 15 East Coast states, found New Jersey's regulations for the upcoming season were not sufficiently strict to reduce the catches needed to keep the stock healthy and compensate for past years of overfishing.
The agency previously ordered the state to impose a 19-inch minimum size limit for flounder catches at most locations off the coast, along with a three-fish bag limit and 128-day season.
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