NMFS Announces Harvest of 2018 Summer Flounder Quota for Rhode Island

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has announced that the 2018 summer flounder commercial quota allocated to Rhode Island has been fully utilized, and vessels with a commercial permit for the summer flounder fishery are prohibited from landing summer flounder in the state for the remainder of 2018, unless additional quota becomes available through a transfer from another state.