{"id":22967,"date":"2025-08-05T09:28:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T09:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/?p=22967"},"modified":"2025-08-05T09:30:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T09:30:12","slug":"commercial-lobstering-in-florida-follows-narrowly-on-mini-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2025\/08\/05\/commercial-lobstering-in-florida-follows-narrowly-on-mini-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Commercial lobstering in Florida follows narrowly on mini-season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Florida will flag off its commercial spiny lobstering season on August 6, 2025, a week after the mini-season ended. This is unlike 2024 when the two seasons had a nearly two-week gap.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regulations remain similar to those of the 2024 calendar run in the ensuing eight lobstering months,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.suncoastnews.com\/news\/news-briefs\/article_e013c162-368a-4a94-9c6b-cf671a009c5e.html\"><u>till March 31, 2026<\/u><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Size limits are minimum 3 inches carapace length for all catches to ensure sustainability for juveniles that measure less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fishers can only harvest 6 lobster per person daily, including inside the protected Biscayne National Park and Monroe County (Florida Keys). In the&nbsp;<a href=\" www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2024\/07\/24\/the-florida-mini-season-starts-amid-lobster-h\"><u>mini-season<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;however, the daily limit for all areas other than parks is 12 per person.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some national marine monument areas are off limits, however, from the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/news\/florida-lobster-mini-season-gets-underway-heres-what-to-know\/\"><u>Everglades National Park<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;to some parts of Biscayne National Park.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-pro-safety\"><strong>Pro-safety<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Safety wise, deep sea divers need to install dive flags measuring a minimum 20 by 24 inches square atop their stationary boats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scuba divers have to float their boats some 300 feet from their diving points, which ensures safety during resurfacing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Snorkelers using breathing tubes to catch lobster in shallow waters of 10-30 feet deep will also need to wear safety gear.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-not-too-pricey\"><strong>Not too Pricey<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As summer in the United States brings affordable crustaceans,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/insights\/prices\/united-states-of-america\/lobster\/\"><u>lobster prices<\/u><\/a>\u00a0in Florida start at $11.99 a pound for soft shell chix.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deriving their names from \u201cchicken\u201d due to tenderness, chix are popular selections because they weigh a standard 1 to 1.2 pounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The steepest cost in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.captainmardens.com\/fish-market\/\"><u>seafood markets<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;around Florida are for live hard shell lobster, at $14.99-16.99 a pound, end July 2025.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on preliminary production outlook, this could be an exciting commercial lobstering season for Florida. It might even reprise the over 4 million pounds the 2023-24 season landed. And as per the statistics below, this is just possible despite landings in recent years levelling off from the 1990s\u2019 highs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-florida-commercial-lobstering-statistics\"><strong>Florida Commercial Lobstering&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Statistics&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The main spiny lobster season in the Sunshine State normally runs from August 6 to March 31, annually. Although this open season allows recreational fishing, it is commercial fishing that drives\u00a0production, which last reached\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/worldpopulationreview.com\/state-rankings\/lobster-production-by-state\"><u>4,702,267\u2002<\/u><\/a>pounds in 2023-24. In the same marketing year, Florida finished fourth in federal lobster landings after top-placed Maine with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/worldpopulationreview.com\/state-rankings\/lobster-production-by-state\"><u>110,230,440 pounds<\/u><\/a>. Florida\u2019s landings in the 2010s and beyond however depreciated by half from the 1991-92 highs of 8,651,806 pounds. The table below, courtesy of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridagofishing.com\/fishing-lobstering.html\"><u>Florida Fishing<\/u><\/a>, offers a glimpse of historical commercial landings while the next one tables recreational landings.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Marketing Year<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Total Commercial Landings<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;[pounds]<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>All&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Landings<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;[pounds]<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2008-9<\/td><td>3,250,260<\/td><td>4,285,147<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2000-1<\/td><td>5,568,707<\/td><td>7,526,350<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1997-98<\/td><td>7,640,177<\/td><td>9,944,364<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1994-95<\/td><td>7,181,640<\/td><td>9,087,636<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1991-92<\/td><td>6,836,015<\/td><td>8,651,806<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fig 1:<em>\u00a0commercial landings of spiny lobster in Florida, 1991-2008 timeline\u2019s highlights.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Marketing Year<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Total Recreational Landings<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;[pounds]<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>All<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;Landings<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;[pounds]<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2008-9<\/td><td>1,036,466<\/td><td>4,285,147<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2000-1<\/td><td>1,957,643<\/td><td>7,526,350<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1997-98<\/td><td>2,304,186<\/td><td>9,944,364<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1994-95<\/td><td>1,905,995<\/td><td>9,087,636<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1991-92<\/td><td>1,815,971<\/td><td>8,651,806<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fig 2:<em>\u00a0recreational landings of \u00a0spiny lobster in Florida,1991-2008 timeline\u2019s highlights.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida will flag off its commercial spiny lobstering season on August 6, 2025, a week after the mini-season ended. This is unlike 2024 when the two seasons had a nearly two-week gap.\u00a0 Regulations remain similar to those of the 2024 calendar run in the ensuing eight lobstering months,\u00a0till March 31, 2026.\u00a0 Size limits are minimum&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18976,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v16.3 (Yoast SEO v20.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Commercial lobstering in Florida follows narrowly on mini-season - Selina Wamucii | Food &amp; Agriculture News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2025\/08\/05\/commercial-lobstering-in-florida-follows-narrowly-on-mini-season\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Commercial lobstering in Florida follows narrowly on mini-season - Selina Wamucii | Food &amp; Agriculture News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Florida will flag off its commercial spiny lobstering season on August 6, 2025, a week after the mini-season ended. 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