A scientific reappraisal of the East Coast summer flounder stock shows the flatfish population is much closer to a full recovery than previously thought, a finding that could allow the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council to move today toward allowing a modest increase in fishermen’s catches for 2009.
"This is the first time in years that overfishing is not occurring," said scientist James Weinberg of the federal fisheries science center in Woods Hole, Mass. "But it is also not rebuilt yet. … We’re about 70 percent toward the rebuilt value."
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