http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/fishwatch/species/summer_flounder.htm

More like halibut than flounder. If you want to eat fluke for sushi you have to bleed it first.

1. filleted, fried, sautéed, baked, sashimi
2. flakey meat

Because these fish reside on the bottom of the ocean floor with incredible camouflage, it is not uncommon for predators to pass over them without identifying the potential meal. However, predators live outside the ocean as well. Commercially speaking, summer flounder is one of the most abundant and aggressively fished species along the Jersey shore. Fishermen take in pounds of fluke daily, from their trawls, and are able to sell them easily due to their popular taste, and reasonably low calorie count.

Latin name Taxonomy, classification

Description: Can weigh up to ten pounds but most sold are less than two Most common from North Carolina to Massachusetts Can change the color and pattern of their dark side to match the surrounding bottom, and are also capable of rapidly burrowing into muddy or sandy bottoms. The teeth are quite sharp and well developed on both upper and lower jaws

Size: 15-20 inches in length, flatfish Catch method: bottom otter trawling and dredges

Season: May to October Preparation: Recipes:

Weight: two pounds up to 10 pounds as market size

Catch Restrictions

1. New Jersey
2. New York
3. Federal

Sustainability

Landings (tonnage) -Belford -Raritan Bay