I guess I can live with that. I hate the 2 fish limit though.


March 08, 2010, 8:07PM

New York has proposed fluke regulations that would provide an extended season if the Marine Resources Advisory Council approves them on March 16. The proposed season is from May 15 to Sept. 16, with the same 21-inch minimum and two-fish limit as last year - when there was a two-week closure in July before the season ended in mid-August. That short season at least kept N.Y. from going over quota. That's the first time in six years the Empire State hasn't overfished. As a result, the slightly larger coastal quota along with the underage from 2009 permitted regulations that provide a 23 percent increase up to 449,000 fluke. New York will also continue their law suit against NMFS that claims faulty statistics have been disadvantaging N.Y. anglers for years.