Source: Liz McLaughlin, WRAL, 9/1/22


Overfishing has caused a reduction in the flounder population, leading the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries to impose management measures including limits to recreational fishing. The state's recreational flounder season for gigging and hook-and-line fishing runs from Thursday to Sept. 30. The catch limit has been lowered to one fish per day with a minimum size of 15 inches. Last year, anglers could keep up to four fish per day. There was no closed flounder season until 2019.

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