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2017 Quotas
2017 Annual Summer Flounder Specifications (January 1-December 31)
| Overfishing Limit (OFL) | 16.76 million lb |
| Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC) | 11.30 million lb |
| Commercial Annual Catch Limit (ACL) and Annual Catch Target (ACT)* |
6.57 million lb |
| Recreational ACL and ACT | 4.72 million lb |
| Commercial Quota* | 5.66 million lb |
| Recreational Harvest Limit (RHL) | 3.77 million lb |
*Incorporates reductions for 2016 overages. The initial 2018 commercial ACL/ACT was 7.70 million lb and the initial 2018 commercial quota was 6.63 million lb.
Research Set-Aside: 0 lb
2017 State Commercial Summer Flounder Allocations
| State | Percent Share | Initial Commercial Quota (lb) | Adjusted Commercial Quota (lb)* |
| Maine | 0.05 | 2,692 | 2,692 |
| New Hampshire | 0.0005 | 26 | 26 |
| Massachusetts | 6.82 | 385,988 | 385,988 |
| Rhode Island | 15.68 | 887,542 | 887,542 |
| Connecticut | 2.26 | 127,734 | 127,734 |
| New York | 7.65 | 432,764 | 432,764 |
| New Jersey | 16.72 | 946,512 | 946,512 |
| Delaware | 0.02 | 1,007 | 0 |
| Maryland | 2.04 | 115,398 | 115,398 |
| Virginia | 21.32 | 1,206,372 | 1,206,372 |
| North Carolina | 27.44 | 1,553,233 | 1,553,233 |
| Total | 100.00 | 5,659,266 | 5,658,260 |
*These quota values include 2015 and preliminary 2016 quota overages. These quota values also do not include quota transfers, please check the quota monitoring page for these updates.
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