Florida Lobster Mini Season 2020

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.

Florida lobster mini season 2020. 2020 lobster season and mini season dates. 6 when the regular season opens. Day one of the 2020 spiny lobster sport season in florida waters got underway at 12 01 a m. Lobster mini season 2020 monroe county florida keys it is that time of the year again mini lobster season.

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. In the rest of florida it s 12 per person per day. 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. For those who aren t familiar with the recreational sport season mini lobster always takes place on the last wednesday and thursday of july.

The 2021 mini lobster season like all lobster mini seasons is always the last consecutive wednesday and thursday in july. Next year the mini season falls on july 28th and 29th. 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. There are two florida lobster seasons the 2 day mini season and the 8 month regular lobster season.

This is a two day recreational sport season that allows everyday people to go.