New Jersey is fighting for its summer flounder, the flat fish long baited by East Coast fishermen.

In February, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission voted to reduce the recreational fishing quota for the East Coast summer flounder by 30% this year, following a 10% quota cut last year. The new quotas sparked outrage in New Jersey, whose representatives on the commission, an interstate agency that regulates fishing in state waters, filed a formal appeal last month.

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