Public Informational Meeting on 2009 Recreational Summer Flo

Public Informational Meeting on 2009 Recreational Summer Flounder Fishery Measures

February 19, 2009

The DEP Marine Fisheries Division is holding an informational meeting to hear
public input on proposed approaches to meet mandatory harvest target reductions for the 2009 recreational summer flounder fishery.

Connecticut must implement a reduction in harvest of 35% in 2009 to comply with mandatory provisions of the Summer Flounder Fishery Management Plan of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. The Department is seeking input on various options that include changes to the open season, creel limit and/or minimum size.

The meeting will be held at :
7:00pm, Tuesday March 3, 2009
DEP Marine Headquarters Education Center
333 Ferry Road
Old Lyme, CT 06371

Take I-95 to Exit 70 to Route 156 south,
turn right onto Ferry Road, follow to the end.
The Education Center located at the rear of the property.

For further information, contact the
DEP Marine Fisheries Division,
P.O. Box 719
Old Lyme, CT 06371

or phone 860.434.6043
between 8:30 am and 4:30 pm
Mon-Fri

Bottom line is a 35% reduction, that's a big hit.

I myself would prefer a limit reduction and even possibly a size reduction only because a lot of shorts are injured and will not make it anyway if released.