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The season began at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. The first death followed within hours, the Palm Beach Post reported.

No deaths were reported during last year's lobster mini-season.

Robert Canada, 48, of Lake Worth was reported missing Wednesday morning on a dive off the Gulf Stream. Off-duty Delray Beach police officers found his body in 55 feet of water.

Randall Malcolm, 54, who lived in the Miami area, died Wednesday while diving 4 miles from Key Largo.

A 32-year-old man diving with friends died Thursday near Bahia Honda. Police said he was using a hookah rig, through which air is pumped to divers underwater.

Yosmany Gonzalez, 33, who was diving off the Cape Florida Lighthouse, failed to surface at 7 p.m. Wednesday. His body had not been recovered Thursday afternoon.

A 63-year-old man disappeared Thursday morning 15 miles off Vero Beach on the west coast, WPBF-TV in Fort Pierce reported. He was on his second dive when he failed to surface.

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