2003 REVIEW OF THE FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR WINTER FLOUNDER (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) I. Status of Fishery Management Plan The Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Inshore Stocks of Winter Flounder was adopted by

• Main Authors: Inshore Stocks, Of Winter Flounder, Lydia Munger, Atlantic States, Marine Fisheries Commission
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.491.9890; http://www.asmfc.org/uploads/file/winterflounderfmpreview03.pdf

printed separately as Addendum I to the plan. The Winter Flounder Management Board is responsible for monitoring plan implementation. The plan contains specific fishery management and habitat protection / enhancement measures to meet the following goals: to maintain winter flounder stocks in sufficient abundance to support stable, productive commercial and recreational fisheries; to preserve, maintain, and enhance habitat and environmental quality necessary for optimal growth and reproduction; to the extent possible, minimize incompatibility in management practices between this and other northwest Atlantic management plans, recognizing that winter flounder stocks vary biologically and may justify differing strategies; to the extent possible, minimize conflicts between competing uses of the winter flounder resource. The designated management unit for the plan includes the state waters of Maine through