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New York sues U.S. Commerce Department over commercial fluke fishery quotas

by Oct 11, 2019
Decrying the “unlawful and unfair” 2020-2021 quota allocated to New York in the commercial fluke (summer flounder) fishery, state officials announced a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Commerce Department.

Cuomo to feds: N.Y. will sue over ‘inequitable’ commercial fluke quota

by Oct 12, 2017
New York's commercial fluke fishing quota is based on incomplete 30-year-old data and discriminates against New York commercial fishermen, according to the governor.