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![Top left: Three prominent ocellated spots form a triangle on the body of Gulf flounder. Top right: On summer flounder, five ocellated spots form a pattern like the five side of a die. Bottom: Southern flounder have non-ocellated spots. Courtesy of the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries](https://ncseagrant.ncsu.edu/hooklinescience/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2019/11/N.C.-flounder_HLS_NCDMF.png)
Can You Identify North Carolina’s Three Species of Flounder?
![image: microscope's view of Vibrio vulnificus.](https://ncseagrant.ncsu.edu/hooklinescience/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2023/09/Vibrio-vulnificus-credit-CDCJames-Gathany-PHIL-7815-01.png)
How Can We Avoid Vibrio Infections?
![Greater amberjack in ocean waters.](https://ncseagrant.ncsu.edu/hooklinescience/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2022/08/greater-amberjack-noaa-e1660069889192.jpg)
Can We Use Video to Estimate the Numbers of Amberjack?
![image: fisher on a pier.](https://ncseagrant.ncsu.edu/hooklinescience/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2023/08/HLS-1-lead-photo-nc-state-news-NC.CarteretCounty.7497-scaled.jpg)
Are shoreline anglers satisfied with fishing regulations?
![image: black sea bass on a reef.](https://ncseagrant.ncsu.edu/hooklinescience/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2023/08/black-sea-bass-NOAA-Fisheries.png)
What’s the Best Way to Count Reef Fish?
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Can Fish Escape Waters That Are Harmfully Low on Oxygen?
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Have Bigger Sharks Given Way to Smaller Sharks Along the North Carolina Coast?
![A summer flounder recently caught on a wooden dock](https://ncseagrant.ncsu.edu/hooklinescience/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2023/07/brian-yurasits-KhTywORJC74-unsplash.jpg)
The Most Popular Flounder Posts on Hook, Line & Science
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Who’s Afraid of New Seafood?
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