The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s southern flounder stock enhancement has stocked more than 400,000 fingerlings into Texas bays and estuaries.
Southern flounder offer potential in aquaculture to answer declining fishery landings and increased demand, but insufficient fingerlings are available.
Along the eastern U.S., two highvalue flatfish species – summer flounder and southern flounder – are top candidates for commercial grow-out.
Researchers conducted the first experimental nursery and grow-out trials of southern flounder in a raceway using a freshwater recirculating system.