Time is running for this year’s fluke season. Officially the season will close this Friday September 4, leaving New Jersey’s fishermen out of luck for Labor Day weekend. Although the majority of veteran captains and anglers believe fluke stocks are better than they have been in many years, the New Jersey Marine Fisheries Council has continuously imposed tougher regulations on the fishery. Below is a video filmed last year on the Atlantic Star in Atlantic Highlands for National Geographic covering the controversy between the recreational anglers and the government regulations.
