Quotas on fluke hurting LI, locals say
Photo credit: Randee Daddona | Father and son, Chuck and Charlie Weimar, tag the crates of fish including Scup, Scallop, Fluke, Blue Fish, Whiting and Squid that were caught off the Rianda S, a trawler from Montauk (Jan. 16, 2012)
Regulation hits LI's commercial fishermen
A federal quota system is driving some Long Island commercial fishermen to unload their crucial catch of summer flounder in other states, costing them time and money, and depriving the Island of revenue.
Summer flounder, also known as fluke, are particularly important to Long Island fishermen. Found close to shore, especially in the summer, they are "money fish," fetching $2.71 a pound in...
