One statistic stands out from this week's two-day lobster sport season: Nobody died.<BR><BR>"It was a very safe mini-season so everybody is happy about that," said Corey Embree, diving operations manager at Inner Space Dive Center on Big Pine Key.<BR><BR>The sport-diving time Wednesday and Thursday drew tens of thousands of lobster-seekers who crowded local dive shops, boat ramps and marinas.</p><p>"I was filling [dive] tanks all Wednesday night until 5 a.m." Thursday, said Eric Billips, operations manager at Keys Dives in Islamorada.</p><p>"There were 20 people in the shop at 2 a.m. It was surreal," Billips said.</p><p>A handful of arrests were made for conservation violations during the two days, but that counts as a "slow but steady" mini-season, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Officer Bobby Dube said.</p><p>"All in all, it was a successful 48 hours of madness," Dube said. </p><p>Most violations involved taking undersized or too many lobster. No count of violations was available at press time.</p><p>Lobster activity peaked on Wednesday's first day but dropped off noticeably Thursday despite superb conditions, Dube said. "Maybe every got their limit early and headed home."</p><p>Divers arrived early this year and stayed late, Bob Roney, owner of Capt. Hook's Marina in Marathon, said Friday. </p><p>"It's still busy. It's been a phenomenal four to six days, the best I've seen in my eight years here," Roney said. </p><p>Capt. Hook's sold out its rental fleet and booked its dive charters, Roney said. "Most people said they were limiting out," Roney said of the six lobster per person, per day, bag limit.</p><p>"We saw some big lobster, 2 and 3 pounds, come in," Roney said. </p><p>Embree said Lower Keys divers delivered "mixed reports...Some people had their limit within hours. Others said there weren't that many lobster out there."</p><p>Calm and clear weather satisfied many divers, Billips said. "Last year was windy and gnarly. This year people had a good time on the water even if they didn't get their limit."</p><p>For the second time in the last three mini-seasons, no divers died while chasing lobster. During four sport-diving seasons from 2005-2009, a total of 12 divers died in Keys waters. </p><p>There were two significant boat crashes this week but injuries were few. </p><p>At around 3 p.m. Wednesday, two boats collided on Big Basin waters, north of the World Wide Sportsman complex in Islamorada. One small child was taken to Mariners Hospital with what appeared to minor injuries. None of those involved were Monroe County residents.</p><p>At 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, a 21-foot boat operated by Joe A. Catarineau of Tavernier hit a bayside channel marker in Snake Creek at the sound end of Plantation Key. A U.S. Coast Guard crew towed the sinking vessel to a nearby marina, Dube said.</p><p>Six people were Catarineau's boat. Three children, all wearing lifejackets, wound up in the water. Catarineau, who suffered broken bones, was the only person injured.</p><p>Jorge Quintana Basulto, 35, of Miami apparently was the only person booked into Monroe County jail as a result of mini-season lobstering. Deputy Wilfredo Guerra of the Monroe County Sheriff's Office said Quintana Basulto tried to swim away from him during a check near Duck Key. The officer recovered three speared lobster and charged Quintana Basulto with resisting arrest in addition conservation violations. </p><p>Omar Lago, 47, of Hialeah was charged by Sheriff's Office Sgt. Dennis Coleman with possessing 21 wrung tails and 15 lobsters over his bag limit in a Wednesday case at Long Key Bridge.