Gulf flounder, continued 



fishery unintentionally catches large numbers of juve- 

 nile flounder, almost all of which are discarded (Gunter 

 1945, Matlock 1991). This reduces the number of 

 sexually immature fish available for recruitment into 

 the population and fishery. The gulf flounder appearto 

 be restricted to the higher salinity portions of estuaries 

 (>20% o ), unlike the southern flounder (Gilbert 1986, 

 Nelson etal. 1992). 



Personal communications 



Fitzhugh, Gary R. NOAA National Marine Fisheries 

 Service, Panama City, FL. 



Powell, Allyn B. NOAA National Marine Fisheries 

 Service, Beaufort, NC. 



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