New York Fishing Net’s in Hot Water
Lee Crusius is a student in the Master of Coastal and Ocean Policy program at UNC Wilmington. He is a 2007 graduate from the United States Coast Guard Academy with a B.S. in Marine Environmental Science. With 16-years in the U.S. Coast Guard, Lee has conducted domestic and international fisheries enforcement. His research interests include adaptations of quota-share systems and integrated ecological and economic models. P aralichthys dentatus , also known as Summer Flounder or Fluke is the center of controversy between New York and Southern States. Photo NOAA On January 14th, 2019 the New York State Attorney’s Office filed suit against NOAA Fisheries claiming access to Summer Flounder was in violation of the Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation Act. At the center of the case is the distribution of annual state catch shares by NOAA. Since 1996, federal regulations have required equitable state access to federal fisheries. Yet, while New York accounts for merely 7% o...