06-13-2014, 10:20 AM
I think the 21 day grace period was intended for those who had stock they needed to get rid of - you don't really want frozen lobster hanging around for 2 months, fresh is best.
Like all laws in Jamaica, this one is not regularly enforced yet the restaurants I personally frequent all abide. Its the poachers like the guy on the beach that regularly sells baby lobsters I avoid like the plague and encourage others to do so as well. Its tough enough enforcing the closed season - its gotta be really tough to enforce the "grace period" to ensure that no illegal lobsters are being sold then.
I've only been in Jamaica once during the closed season and we all refrained from ordering lobster from anywhere at all, grace period or not.
Like all laws in Jamaica, this one is not regularly enforced yet the restaurants I personally frequent all abide. Its the poachers like the guy on the beach that regularly sells baby lobsters I avoid like the plague and encourage others to do so as well. Its tough enough enforcing the closed season - its gotta be really tough to enforce the "grace period" to ensure that no illegal lobsters are being sold then.
I've only been in Jamaica once during the closed season and we all refrained from ordering lobster from anywhere at all, grace period or not.
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