PAGE 12 - July 24, 2013
The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
Spiny2013 recreational and commercial spinybegin soonsoon, begin-
lobster seasons lobster seasons will open
The
ning with the two-day spiny lobster recreational season July 24 and 25. The regular com-
mercial and recreational lobster season starts Aug. 6 and runs through March 31.
The two-day sport season occurs on the last consecutive Wednesday and Thursday in July
each year (July 24 and 25, 2013). Commercial fishermen may begin putting their traps in
the water Aug. 1, and recreational and commercial fishermen may harvest spiny lobsters
starting Aug. 6. Spiny lobsters must have a carapace length greater than 3 inches to be taken
during the open seasons. Divers must possess a measuring device and lobsters must be in
the water while they are measured.
Harvest of egg-bearing females is prohibited. Spiny lobster must remain in whole
condition until it is brought to shore. Harvesters cannot use any device that might puncture,
penetrate or crush the shell of the lobster. During the two-day spiny lobster sport season,
recreational divers and snorkelers can take up to six lobsters per person daily in Monroe
County and Biscayne National Park waters and 12 lobsters per person daily in other Florida
waters. You can possess no more than the daily bag limit of lobsters when you are on the
water. When you are off the water, you can possess the daily bag limit on the first day and
double the daily bag limit on the second day. Possession limits are enforced on and off the
water during the two-day sport season.
Night diving for spiny lobsters during the two-day sport season is not allowed in
Monroe County, and all harvest of lobsters is prohibited in John Pennekamp Coral Reef
State Park during the two-day season. Lobster harvest is also prohibited at all times in Ever-
glades National Park, Dry Tortugas National Park, Biscayne Bay/Card Sound Spiny Lobster
Sanctuary, certain areas in Pennekamp Park, and no-take areas in the Florida Keys National
Marine Sanctuary. During the Aug. 6 to March 31 regular season, the daily recreational
bag and on-the-water possession limit is six spiny lobsters per person. While diving, spiny
lobster harvesters may encounter nonnative, invasive lionfish. FWC encourages people to
remove lionfish to limit negative impacts to native fish and wildlife. There is no bag limit
for the nonnative, invasive lionfish. You must have a recreational saltwater fishing license.
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