"Fresh Fluke" at local chain grocery store

[Detour66]

My wife just showed me the weekly ad for a well known chain grocery store and fresh Fluke is on "Sale" for $24.95 a lb. No wonder why they have the regulations they have. The ocean and bays are paved with $$$ and they don't want us to have it. It's outrageous!

[Reel Class]

Draggers have a shot at them now out to the east. These are the fish that they are catching. It's been going on for decades. But I do understand your displeasure!

[Merle31483]

Absolutely insane never in my right mind would I even think about buying fluke even inseason in NJ even if I wasn't catching them I would buy it and at the price of almost 25$ per pound you would have to be off your rocking chair unreal

[EddieG]

This is one that aggravates me to no end either... just the other day I was at wegmans and saw three whole fluke for sale at a ridiculous price as well.. and let’s just say they were no where near our 18 inch regulations at all... Whole Foods is another good one that sells sea bass for 19.99 a pound whole. I would guess I would get 3 to 4 whole fish to equal one pound ... I understand that they have a different size quota but these fish don’t even have a chance to reproduce before they are caught in these nets... come on!!

[Mike K]

Another way to look at these prices is that they reflect the excellent quality of New Jersey seafood. And how lucky are we to be able to bring home fish of a quality that the average consumer will never enjoy?

[bulletbob]

Originally Posted by Mike K

Another way to look at these prices is that they reflect the excellent quality of New Jersey seafood. And how lucky are we to be able to bring home fish of a quality that the average consumer will never enjoy?

I don't look at it that way at all

[FISHGERE]

Costco 999 a bag wild caught flounder pretty good stuff no bones as for fluking lot of guys are just taking chances most are fed up

[AndyS]

Who in their right mind is gonna spend 25 bux for a pound of fish, lobsters are cheaper !! It will rot on the shelf and get thrown in the trash.

[celticcross]

The reason why the regs stay at 14" for the commercials and only the quota changes is that they would have to get new nets every time there is a size change.They would go out of business. We all enjoy stuffed flounder at our favorite restaurant or on our seafood platter. how do you think it gets there.

[bulletbob]

I love fresh fish, that I catch only. Seldom purchase "fresh" fin fish.I would rather go without than buy something that was caught 2 weeks ago and put on ice...

That being said, when plain old fluke is going for $25 a pound, and I can can get a 5 pound bag of Gulf Shrimp for under $60, or about $ 12.50 a pound, there's a big problem.. Lobster is even cheaper than $25 a pound, and if you shop diligently you can buy a pound of tails cheaper than $25.

No wonder the commercials are so relentless, you can't blame them at those kinds of prices.. Of course I realize that the guys that have to actually go and get these fish in horrible weather aren't getting these huge dollars, they are part of a distribution chain that a lot of money is being put into, and that we have little chance of reining in .. Might not be the commercial guys themselves, but at the prices I see regularly for fish, someone somewhere is making a lot of money through the netting of bottom fish... bob