Spiny Lobster Sport Season
| Season dates |
Bag limit |
Possession limit - on the water |
Possession limit - off the water |
Minimum size limit |
License requirements |
|
July 25-26, 2012 (Last consecutive Wednesday
and Thursday of July each year).
|
6 per person per day for Monroe County and Biscayne National
Park.
12 per person per day for the rest of Florida.
|
Equal to the daily bag limit |
Equal to the daily bag limit on the first day, and double the
daily bag limit on the second day |
Carapace 3" or larger, measured in the water.
Possession and use of a measuring device is required at all
times.
Find out how to measure spiny lobster.
|
Recreational saltwater license and a spiny lobster permit |
*Possession limits are enforced on and off the
water.
**Night diving is prohibited in Monroe County (only
during the sport season).
***Harvest of lobster is prohibited in John Pennekamp
Coral Reef State Park during the sport seaso and in Everglades
National Park, Dry Tortugas National Park, and no-take areas in the
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary during both the 2-day sport
season and regular season.
Regular Spiny Lobster Season
| Season dates |
Bag limit |
Possession limit - on the water |
Minimum size limit |
| Aug. 6 - March 31 |
6 per person per day |
Equal to the daily bag limit |
Carapace 3" or larger, measured in the water.
Possession and use of a measuring device is required at all
times.
Find out how to measure spiny lobster.
|
***Harvest of lobster is prohibited in John Pennekamp
Coral Reef State Park during the sport seaso and in Everglades
National Park, Dry Tortugas National Park, and no-take areas in the
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary during both the 2-day sport
season and regular season.
Call 305-852-7717 or visit http://floridakeys.noaa.gov for information
about no take areas in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
Please call the FWC Marathon office at 305-289-2320, or check online for lobster
harvesting regulations 
for Monroe County. Recreational trapping of
lobster is prohibited.
Regardless of what species you are fishing for, bag limits are
only for properly licensed individuals and those people exempt from
license requirements who are actively harvesting. People harvesting
may not exceed their individual bag limit and take someone else's
bag limit. That is, people (including children) who are not
actively harvesting or are not properly licensed (if a license is
required) may NOT be counted for purposes of bag limits.
Other Prohibitions
- The harvest or possession of eggbearing spiny lobster, or any
other species of lobster belonging to the families Palinuridae
(spiny lobsters), Scyllaridae (slipper lobsters), or Synaxidae
(furry lobsters) is prohibited.
- No person shall harvest or attempt to harvest spiny lobster
using any device which will or could puncture, penetrate or crush
the exoskeleton (shell) or the flesh of the lobster
- Recreational trapping prohibited
Persons with Disabilities