Southern Flounder

Southern Flounder are distributed from North Carolina to Texas, and support commercial and recreational fisheries throughout their range. We have focused on investiging biological questions needed for better stock assessment and improved management. Additionally, Southern Flounder have a variable life history throughout their range, and our work has also sought to better understand and describe how this species exhibits plasticity in its life history traits across space.

Primary Collaborators

• Dr. Fred Scharf
• Dr. Will White
• Dr. Troy Farmer

Associated Publications

• S.R. Midway, J.W. White, F.S. Scharf (2018). The Potential for Cryptic Population Structure to Sustain a Heavily Exploited Marine Flatfish Stock. Marine and Coastal Fisheries 10(4):411–423.
• C.A. Grieshaber, S.R. Midway, F.S. Scharf, H. Koopman, J.A. Luckenbach, M.A. Middleton (2016). Seasonal physiological dynamics of maturing female southern flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma). Conservation Physiology 4(1):cow043.
• S.R. Midway, T. Wagner, S.A. Arnott, P. Biondo, F. Martinez-Andrade, T.F. Wadsworth (2015). Spatial and temporal variability in growth of southern flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma). Fisheries Research 167:323–332.
• S.R. Midway, S.X. Cadrin, F.S. Scharf (2014). Southern flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma) stock structure inferred from otolith shape analysis. Fishery Bulletin 112(4):326–338.
• S.R. Midway, J.W. White, W.A. Roumillat, C. Batsavage, F.S. Scharf (2013). Improving macroscopic maturity determination in a pre-spawning flatfish through predictive modeling and whole mount methods. Fisheries Research 147:359–369.
• S.R. Midway, F.S. Scharf (2012). Histological Analysis Reveals Larger Size at Maturity for Southern Flounder with Implications for Biological Reference Points. Marine and Coastal Fisheries 4(1):628–638.