Summer Flounder Quota & Landings Data
Updated August 17, 2021
The 2021 commercial summer flounder quota for New York State is 1,094,113 pounds as determined by the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, and regulations promulgated by NOAA Fisheries. The Summer Flounder Quota Distribution Plan is distributed into five quota periods with the following harvest limits:
| Period | Date(s) | Quota (lbs) | Trip Limit (lbs) | % Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January-February | 218,823 | 70 lbs daily 2000 lbs weekly |
20 |
| 2 | March-April | 164,116 | 140 | 15 |
| 3 | May-July | 437,645 | 70 | 40 |
| 4 | August-October | 218,823 | 70 | 20 |
| 5 | November-December | 54,706 | 70 | 5 |
Check Commercial Harvest Limits for the current trip limit and fishery status information.
The Summer Flounder Quota Distribution Plan may be modified by NYSDEC subject to the following criteria:
- Trip limits may be adjusted to spread allocation over each period and avoid fishery closures when possible.
- Overharvest or underharvest from Period 1 will be deducted from or added to Period 5.
- Overharvest or underharvest from Periods 2 through 4 will be deducted from or rolled into the next period.
- Underharvest from Period 5 will not be rolled over into the following year in accordance with the terms of the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass.
- If a period's quota is projected to be exceeded, actions may be taken, up to and possibly including closure of the remaining period until the next period, to preserve quota for subsequent periods.
- Quota allocations will be adjusted to ensure maximum utilization of the summer flounder resource or prevent New York State's allocation from being exceeded.
- The final quota allocation is subject to adjustment by NOAA Fisheries.
- Visit Special Harvest Programs for details on the weekly harvest program for summer flounder.
Summer Flounder Landings Summary
| Period | Week | Dates | Trip Limit | Recent Landings |
Cumulative Landings |
Remaining Period Quota |
Period Quota % |
Remaining Annual Quota |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1/1-1/2 | 70 daily | 159 | 159 | 218,664 | 0% | 1,093,954 |
| 1 | 2 | 1/3-1/9 | 280 daily 2000 weekly |
12,809 | 12,968 | 205,855 | 6% | 1,081,145 |
| 1 | 3 | 1/10-1/16 | 280 daily 2000 weekly |
47,968 | 60,936 | 157,887 | 28% | 1,033,177 |
| 1 | 4 | 1/17-1/23 | 280 daily 2000 weekly |
13,807 | 74,743 | 144,080 | 34% | 1,019,370 |
| 1 | 5 | 1/24-1/30 | 280 daily 2000 weekly |
(11,935) | 62,808 | 156,015 | 29% | 1,031,305 |
| 1 | 6 | 1/31-2/6 | 280 daily 2000 weekly |
31,511 | 94,319 | 124,504 | 43% | 999,794 |
| 1 | 7 | 2/7-2/13 | 280 daily 2000 weekly |
21,678 | 115,997 | 102,826 | 53% | 978,116 |
| 1 | 8 | 2/14-2/20 | 280 daily 2000 weekly |
42,214 | 158,211 | 60,612 | 72% | 935,902 |
| 1 | 9 | 2/21-2/27 | 280 daily 2000 weekly |
33,713 | 191,924 | 26,899 | 88% | 902,189 |
| 2 | 10 | 2/28-3/6 | 280 daily 2000 weekly |
37,400 | 229,324 | 126,716 | 23% | 864,789 |
| 2 | 11 | 3/7-3/13 | 280 daily 2000 weekly |
23,125 | 252,449 | 103,591 | 37% | 841,664 |
| 2 | 12 | 3/14-3/20 | 280 daily 2000 weekly |
38,964 | 291,413 | 64,627 | 61% | 802,700 |
| 2 | 13 | 3/21-3/27 | 280 daily 2000 weekly to 140 daily 1000 weekly |
21,356 | 312,769 | 43,271 | 74% | 781,344 |
| 2 | 14 | 3/28-4/3 | 140 daily 1000 weekly |
40,348 | 353,117 | 2,923 | 98% | 428,227 |
| 2 | 15 | 4/4-4/10 | 140 daily 1000 weekly |
35,670 | 388,787 | -32,747 | 120% | 705,326 |
| 2 | 16 | 4/11-4/17 | 70 | 12,733 | 401,520 | -45,480 | 128% | 692,593 |
| 2 | 17 | 4/18-4/24 | 70 | 12,775 | 414,295 | -58,255 | 135% | 679,818 |
| 2 | 18 | 4/25-5/1 | 70 | -14,375 | 399,920 | -43,880 | 127% | 694,193 |
| 3 | 19 | 5/2-5/8 | 70 | 5,981 | 405,901 | 403,530 | 1% | 688,212 |
| 3 | 20 | 5/9-5/15 | 70 | 11,161 | 417,062 | 420,503 | 4% | 677,051 |
| 3 | 21 | 5/16-5/22 | 70 | 16,973 | 434,035 | 403,530 | 7% | 660,078 |
| 3 | 22 | 5/23-5/29 | 70 | 15,965 | 450,000 | 387,565 | 8% | 644,113 |
| 3 | 23 | 5/30-6/5 | 70 | 11,744 | 461,744 | 375,821 | 10% | 632,369 |
| 3 | 24 | 6/6-6/12 | 70 | 4,049 | 465,793 | 371,772 | 11% | 628,320 |
| 3 | 25 | 6/13-6/19 | 210 | 9,001 | 474,794 | 362,771 | 17% | 619,319 |
| 3 | 26 | 6/20-6/26 | 210 | 10,896 | 485,690 | 351,875 | 20% | 608,423 |
| 3 | 27 | 6/27-7/3 | 210 | 17,475 | 503,165 | 334,400 | 24% | 590,948 |
| 3 | 28 | 7/4-7/10 | 210 | 16,613 | 519,778 | 317,787 | 27% | 574,335 |
| 3 | 29 | 7/11-7/17 | 210 | 17,059 | 536,837 | 300,728 | 31% | 557,276 |
| 3 | 30 | 7/18-7/24 | 210 | 24,968 | 561,805 | 275,760 | 37% | 532,308 |
| 3 | 31 | 7/25-7/31 | 210 | 33,138 | 594,943 | 242,622 | 45% | 499,170 |
| 4 | 32 | 8/1-8/7 | 210 | 9,581 | 604,524 | 451,864 | 2% | 489,589 |
| 4 | 33 | 8/8-8/14 | 210 | 21,449 | 625,973 | 430,415 | 7% | 468,140 |
Keep track of weekly commercial landings by visiting NOAA Fisheries Quota Monitoring (leaves DEC website).
