Conservationist &  Environmentalist  thrive on  miss-leading news  and poor science !! At  the  present time, there is  more Northwestern Atlantic witch flounder  in New England  waters , since the the 1980s , when most of the productive witch flounders were closed by   N.O.A.A. and their management !!

The twin net survey , that was done this year by   N.O.A.A.  and  with  a Rhode-Island  fishing captain ,looking for better science of witch flounder stocks caught 25% of  2017  witch flounder total quota given  to fishermen  for  the entire  year, I  believe ,this  was  done  in  ten days  of  fishing for witch flounders . 
BECAUSE OF  LOW QUOTAS TO  GIVEN FISHERMEN  AND  POOR  SCIENCE  BEING USED  TODAY  BY N.O.A.A. REGULATORS  &  MANAGEMENT , MOST  OF  AMERICAN FISH STOCKS ARE  BEING WASTED ?  BUT  YET  AMERICA IMPORTS  96%  OF FISH  EATEN  IN THIS  COUNTRY FOR  POOR UNREGULATED  FISHING  COUNTRIES ??