Historical Annual Catch Limit Monitoring under the Spiny Lobster Fishery Management Plan
The preliminary annual landings in the table below correspond to the spiny lobster ACLs set under the 2011 ACL Amendment to the Caribbean Fishery Management Council’s Spiny Lobster Fishery Management Plan, which was effective 1984 - 2022.
In October 2022, the Puerto Rico Fishery Management Plan, the St. Croix Fishery Management Plan, and the St. Thomas and St. John Fishery Management Plan replaced the Reef Fish Fishery Management Plan, the Spiny Lobster Fishery Management Plan, the Corals and Reef Associated Plants and Invertebrates Fishery Management Plan, and the Queen Conch Fishery Management Plan for management of federal fisheries in the U.S. Caribbean region.
Preliminary Commercial Landings and Annual Catch Limits for Spiny Lobster in each Management Area
Management Area |
ACL |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
|
Puerto Rico |
327,920 |
385,811 |
275,424 |
376,779 |
418,273 |
449,233 |
283,221 |
520,829 |
489,243 |
N/A* |
|
St. Thomas/ St. John |
104,199 |
83,157 |
84,513 |
92,261 |
109,455 |
121,695 |
91,911 |
86,708 |
98,608 |
94,328 |
|
St. Croix |
107,307 |
87,073 |
59,398 |
39,724 |
44,963 |
31,582 |
26,193 |
10,970 |
15,721 |
22,312 |
* 2020 and later data are not available for Puerto Rico
FOR THE MOST CURRENT FEDERAL REGULATIONS: Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 622 - Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic