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:dance3: lobster mini session :cool3:
the RULES are different here!
The two-day Sport Lobster Season is always the last consecutive Wednesday and Thursday in July, beginning at 12:01 A.M. on Wednesday and ending at 12:00 midnight on Thursday. This year, that will be July 29 and 30, 2009. There was a request to change the Lobster Season dates. You can read about it here, Lobster Season Changes.
State and Federal Waters
Bag Limit: Six (6) per licensed harvester (you must have a saltwater fishing license with a lobster stamp) per day in Monroe County; twelve (12) per licensed harvester per day throughout the rest of Florida where the harvest of lobster is permitted. The two-day total of twelve lobster per licensed harvester in Monroe County can only be possessed when transporting your catch by car on, or after, the second day.
Bag limits are only for properly licensed individuals and those people exempt from license requirements who are actively harvesting, and those 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.
Diving at night for lobster is NOT permitted in Monroe County. Only bully netting and hoop-netting is permitted at night. “Night” is one (1) hour after official sunset to one (1) hour before official sunrise.
In addition, Commissioners approved new rule language to prohibit harvest of spiny lobsters from illegal artificial habitat. That action is aimed at reducing the use of illegal structures, sometimes called “casitas,” to harvest lobsters, especially in the lower Florida Keys.
Casitas
Casitas, such as dumpsters, concrete slabs, bathtubs and various other materials, are illegally placed on the seabed to attract lobsters. The secretive nature of their placement makes preventing their use difficult, and they are capable of attracting hundreds of lobsters that can be easily harvested by divers.
Prohibited Areas: State & Federal
•Biscayne Bay/Card Sound Spiny Lobster Sanctuary (closed only to the harvest of spiny lobster)
•Everglades National Park
•Dry Tortugas National Park
Within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary the following no-take areas are marked by 30” diameter round yellow boundary buoys: Sanctuary Preservation Areas; Special-Use Research-Only Areas; Ecological Reserves (Tortugas E.R not currently marked; refer to GPS coordinates).
John Pennecamp Coral Reef State Park (all of John Pennecamp Coral Reef State Park is closed during the two-day Sport Lobster Season only to the harvest of spiny lobster.)
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Saltwater Fishing
Resident Saltwater Fishing Licenses
Annual Five-Year
Gold Sportsman's License (includes Hunting, Saltwater Fishing and Freshwater Fishing licenses; and Wildlife Management Area, Archery, Muzzleloading Gun, Crossbow, Turkey and Florida Waterfowl, Snook and Lobster permits)
$100.00
Military Gold Sportsman's License (includes Hunting, Saltwater Fishing and Freshwater Fishing licenses; and Wildlife Management Area, Archery, Muzzleloading Gun, Crossbow, Turkey and Florida Waterfowl, Snook and Lobster permits) (sold only at tax collector's office)
$20.00
Annual Saltwater Fishing
$17.00
$79.00
Saltwater/Freshwater Fishing Combo
$32.50
Saltwater/Freshwater Fishing/Hunting Combo
$48.00
Effective July 15, 2009 - Saltwater Shoreline License*
$9.00
Nonresident Saltwater Fishing Licenses
Nonresident Annual Saltwater Fishing
$47.00
Nonresident 3-Day Saltwater Fishing
$17.00
Nonresident 7-Day Saltwater Fishing
$30.00
Saltwater Fishing Permits (Resident and Nonresident)
If you are not required to buy a license, you are not required to buy permits (except tarpon)
Annual Five-Year
Residents only
Snook Permit
$2.00
$10.00
Lobster Permit
$2.00
$10.00
Tarpon Tag
$51.50
*If you have a resident recreational saltwater fishing license, you do not need a shoreline fishing license, because the resident recreational saltwater fishing license covers fishing from the shore, a dock, a jetty or a boat.
Also see:
License information for charter and headboat operators, guides, vessels and piers
Permit exemption information for redfish tournaments
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Note: Lifetime license may be purchased only at tax collectors' offices, or you may purchase online if you are age 16 or older and have a valid Florida Driver License that is at least 6 months old.
iam planing a trip for the Lobster session if u would like more info please call me
at 727-946-8590
Derick Wilson
Dive Master
the RULES are different here!
The two-day Sport Lobster Season is always the last consecutive Wednesday and Thursday in July, beginning at 12:01 A.M. on Wednesday and ending at 12:00 midnight on Thursday. This year, that will be July 29 and 30, 2009. There was a request to change the Lobster Season dates. You can read about it here, Lobster Season Changes.
State and Federal Waters
Bag Limit: Six (6) per licensed harvester (you must have a saltwater fishing license with a lobster stamp) per day in Monroe County; twelve (12) per licensed harvester per day throughout the rest of Florida where the harvest of lobster is permitted. The two-day total of twelve lobster per licensed harvester in Monroe County can only be possessed when transporting your catch by car on, or after, the second day.
Bag limits are only for properly licensed individuals and those people exempt from license requirements who are actively harvesting, and those 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.
Diving at night for lobster is NOT permitted in Monroe County. Only bully netting and hoop-netting is permitted at night. “Night” is one (1) hour after official sunset to one (1) hour before official sunrise.
In addition, Commissioners approved new rule language to prohibit harvest of spiny lobsters from illegal artificial habitat. That action is aimed at reducing the use of illegal structures, sometimes called “casitas,” to harvest lobsters, especially in the lower Florida Keys.
Casitas
Casitas, such as dumpsters, concrete slabs, bathtubs and various other materials, are illegally placed on the seabed to attract lobsters. The secretive nature of their placement makes preventing their use difficult, and they are capable of attracting hundreds of lobsters that can be easily harvested by divers.
Prohibited Areas: State & Federal
•Biscayne Bay/Card Sound Spiny Lobster Sanctuary (closed only to the harvest of spiny lobster)
•Everglades National Park
•Dry Tortugas National Park
Within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary the following no-take areas are marked by 30” diameter round yellow boundary buoys: Sanctuary Preservation Areas; Special-Use Research-Only Areas; Ecological Reserves (Tortugas E.R not currently marked; refer to GPS coordinates).
John Pennecamp Coral Reef State Park (all of John Pennecamp Coral Reef State Park is closed during the two-day Sport Lobster Season only to the harvest of spiny lobster.)
.
Saltwater Fishing
Resident Saltwater Fishing Licenses
Annual Five-Year
Gold Sportsman's License (includes Hunting, Saltwater Fishing and Freshwater Fishing licenses; and Wildlife Management Area, Archery, Muzzleloading Gun, Crossbow, Turkey and Florida Waterfowl, Snook and Lobster permits)
$100.00
Military Gold Sportsman's License (includes Hunting, Saltwater Fishing and Freshwater Fishing licenses; and Wildlife Management Area, Archery, Muzzleloading Gun, Crossbow, Turkey and Florida Waterfowl, Snook and Lobster permits) (sold only at tax collector's office)
$20.00
Annual Saltwater Fishing
$17.00
$79.00
Saltwater/Freshwater Fishing Combo
$32.50
Saltwater/Freshwater Fishing/Hunting Combo
$48.00
Effective July 15, 2009 - Saltwater Shoreline License*
$9.00
Nonresident Saltwater Fishing Licenses
Nonresident Annual Saltwater Fishing
$47.00
Nonresident 3-Day Saltwater Fishing
$17.00
Nonresident 7-Day Saltwater Fishing
$30.00
Saltwater Fishing Permits (Resident and Nonresident)
If you are not required to buy a license, you are not required to buy permits (except tarpon)
Annual Five-Year
Residents only
Snook Permit
$2.00
$10.00
Lobster Permit
$2.00
$10.00
Tarpon Tag
$51.50
*If you have a resident recreational saltwater fishing license, you do not need a shoreline fishing license, because the resident recreational saltwater fishing license covers fishing from the shore, a dock, a jetty or a boat.
Also see:
License information for charter and headboat operators, guides, vessels and piers
Permit exemption information for redfish tournaments
Top of page
Note: Lifetime license may be purchased only at tax collectors' offices, or you may purchase online if you are age 16 or older and have a valid Florida Driver License that is at least 6 months old.
iam planing a trip for the Lobster session if u would like more info please call me
at 727-946-8590
Derick Wilson
Dive Master
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