Recreational Management Measures for the Summer Flounder Fishery for Fishing Year 2019

We have finalized management measures for the 2019 summer flounder recreational fishery consistent with the recommendations of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. We waive federal summer flounder recreational measures in federal waters of the Exclusive Economic Zone and to all federally permitted summer flounder party/charter vessels, regardless of where they fish, because the states, through the Commission, are collectively implementing measures designed to constrain landings to the 2019 recreational harvest limit.