The Columbia Atlantic lobster fishery regulations according to the Commercial Fisheries Review dated July 1968 No. 7

An item reported that Columbia forbade the Atlantic lobster fishery between 1 April-31 August, the minimum size which may be caught was 25 centimeter, penalties ranging between 1,000-100,000 pesos or 80-8,000 US dollars. Part of the catch was ment for national consumption, in practice seldom mare than 20%.