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Florida Announces Spiny Lobster Season Dates
Lobster fans look forward to this time of year. Here's what's to know about Florida's 2013-2014 Spiny lobster season.
This article is written and reported by Sunde Farquhar (Editor).
Florida's popular Spiny Lobster season opens soon.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced the following dates for the 2013-2014 season:
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- July 24 and 25, 2013: Two-day Spiny lobster recreational season
- Aug. 6, 2013 to March 31, 2014: Regular commercial and recreational lobster season.
- Spiny lobsters must have a carapace length greater than 3 inches to be taken during the open season.
- During the two-day Spiny lobster season, recreational divers and snorkelers can take up to six lobsters a person per day in Monroe County and Biscayne National Park waters and 12 lobsters a person, per day in other Florida waters.
- Divers must possess a measuring device and lobsters must be in the water while they are measured.
- Harvesting of egg-beating females is prohibited.
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