Over 13,000 pounds of Lobster hauled into Provo on Season Opening

By Dana Malcolm

Staff Writer

#TurksandCaicos, August 5, 2022 – The Turks and Caicos luxury export is back in season as of Monday August 1st. Lobster season is officially open and TCI fisherman took advantage from the get go as a massive 13,000 pounds were caught on the very first day, and that was just the Providenciales tally.

Victor Lewis was the big winner of the day with 2,103 pounds, followed by Leslie Amboise with1,877 pounds. The Fisheries Department said the turnout and excitement for the weighing was as high as usual for the reopening of lobster season.

“It is a big sport— like a big party as the boats roll in to measure their catch.”

The catch, brought into the Five Cay located, Provo fish plant, was measured by the Department of Fisheries and Marine Resources with support from the Department of Environment and Coastal Resources.

Overall the fisherman abided by the rules, with only one infraction against an angler who brought home an egg bearing lobster.  It was seized and an investigation is opened.

Egg bearing lobsters are not allowed to be caught they’re usually marked and released back into the ocean. Whether or not a lobster has eggs at the time of capture, as long as it is marked, it should not be brought into shore.

While we can report 15 fishing team hauled in some 13,000 pounds in Providenciales this year; we wait for results from Grand Turk, North and Middle Caicos and South Caicos, the island dubbed the country’s fishing capital.

Here is the full list for Providenciales provided:

1. Victor Louis – 2103 lbs
2. Lesley Amboise – 1877 lbs
3. Jordany Destine – 1640 lbs
4. Raymond – 1500 lbs
5. Ezekiel Johnson – 977 lbs
6. Wesley Coralus – 842 lbs
7. Floyd Bethel – 824 lbs
8. Jaccius Aristile – 741 lbs
9. Paul Belony – 685 lbs
10. Stanford Green – 659 lbs
11. Mario Robinson- 404 lbs
12. Perry Robinson – 315 lbs
13. Anthony Morris – 233 lbs
14. Thomas Parker – 166 lbs
15. Lewell Taylor – 117 lbs