Just remember a short fluke in NJ used to be 13.99 inches or less, now it's 17.99 or less for NJ recreational anglers and 18.99 or less for NY, Ct and RI. What are now considered shorts are in fact recreational angler discards. Fish ages 0 - 2 years old fish which used to be the mainstay of both commercial and recreational catch are no longer being harvested yet those age classes have experienced significant declines when they should be showing astronomical growth. Keep that in mind when you make statements of the manner there's no shortage of fluke. Party boats are catching hundreds of shorts which are going back to subsidize commercial landings with maybe a dozen keepers being retained for their patrons. Look at the big picture, this fishery has been regulated to a very tenuous state.