Florida Lobster Mini Season 2020

Commissioners were sympathetic to shaffer s request but said they didn t think canceling the mini season would help since eager lobster hunters would just descend on aug.

Florida lobster mini season 2020. Make sure to always verify dates and regulations with florida fish and wildlife it begins at 12 01 am on wednesday and ends at 12 00 midnight on thursday. Next year the mini season falls on july 28th and 29th. There are two florida lobster seasons the 2 day mini season and the 8 month regular lobster season. 2020 lobster season and mini season dates.

This is a two day recreational sport season that allows everyday people to go. 6 when the regular season opens. In the rest of florida it s 12 per person per day. The purpose of the two day miniseason july 29 and 30 is to allow recreational divers the opportunity to harvest spiny lobster before the commercial season begins aug.

Florida s lobster mini season starts with new rules amid pandemic gina benitez near key biscayne wsvn wednesday marks the start of lobster mini season and this year there s a catch. Every july the coastal areas of florida are flooded with lobster hunters scuba diving trying to get their share of this year s bounty when the official mini lobster season kicks off. The theme for divers who found lobsters between jupiter and vero beach was simple go big or. Day one of the 2020 spiny lobster sport season in florida waters got underway at 12 01 a m.

The 2021 mini lobster season like all lobster mini seasons is always the last consecutive wednesday and thursday in july.