The Florida spiny lobster, Panulirus argus, is an important item inFlorida fisheries, rating high among fishery products. The fishery iscentered in south Florida and the Florida Keys but the commercial rangemay extend into other areas as more exploratory research is done. Themajority of the catch is made using wooden traps and discarded ice cans,but large numbers are taken at certain times of the year in bully nets,shrimp trawls, and by hand. The catch is sold alive. The U. S. catchescannot satisfy the demand for this tasty product and each year millionsof pounds are imported from South America, Africa, Australia, and othercountries.Because of the fairly high market price placed on this animal and becauseof the large number imported, several persons have become interestedin the artificial propagation of the spiny lobster and have requested informationon the commercial feasibility of lobster farming. It is for thatreason this paper is prepared. (4 page document) Reissued September 1968. 4pp.