{"id":355786,"date":"2026-07-29T03:23:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T03:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/355786\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T03:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T03:23:09","slug":"two-day-lobster-mini-season-begins-in-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/355786\/","title":{"rendered":"Two-day lobster mini season begins in South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0July 28, 2026 at 10:47 PM<\/p>\n<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Updated:\u00a0July 28, 2026 at 11:17 PM<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Annual lobster mini season begins on Wednesday at midnight. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">It\u2019s a two-day event that draws out tourists and locals alike to Florida\u2019s waters for some fun spiny lobster fishing. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">While catching spiny lobster is fair game in most areas, those participating must have the proper license and permit, and there are strict rules that must be followed. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">There is a daily limit of 12 lobsters per person everywhere except at Biscayne National Park and in Monroe County, where the maximum is six lobsters. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The carapace, or upper shell, of the lobster must be bigger than three inches measured in the water, and it\u2019s not permitted to harvest any egg-bearing lobsters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">This year\u2019s lobster mini season runs through the end of Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">For more information on the rules for lobster mini season, check out the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission <a href=\"https:\/\/myfwc.com\/fishing\/saltwater\/recreational\/lobster\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/myfwc.com\/fishing\/saltwater\/recreational\/lobster\/\" target=\"_blank\">official page on spiny lobster<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"David Dwork\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/3469fa6e-3c52-46d2-a0.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>David Dwork<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">David Dwork joined the WPLG Local 10 News team in August 2019. Born and raised in Miami-Dade County, David has covered South Florida sports since 2007. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0July 28, 2026 at 10:47 PM Updated:\u00a0July 28, 2026 at 11:17 PM Annual lobster mini season begins on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":355787,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-355786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}