Indonesia merupakan negara pengekspor utama benih lobster ke negara-negara produsen lobster di dunia. Penetapan PERMEN KP No. 1 tahun 2015 berimplikasi pada larangan penangkapan lobster ukuran benih di Indonesia. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis data dan informasi terkait status pengelolaan sumberdaya benih lobster dan dampak dari peraturan tentang penangkapan lobster, serta potensi pengelolaan sumberdaya benih lobster alam tersebut melalui pengembangan budidaya. Pengumpulan data telah dilakukan pada tahun 2015 melalui survai lapang, focus group disscussion/FGD, dan rapid rural appraisal/RRA. Hasil kajian memperlihatkan bahwa kawasan perairan Pulau Lombok memiliki potensi benih lobster yang sangat besar. Adanya regulasi yang melarang penangkapan benih lobster menyebabkan berbagai dampak sosial-ekonomi terhadap kehidupan masyarakat pesisir Pulau Lombok. Besarnya potensi benih lobster membuka peluang untuk pengembangan aktivitas budidaya pembesaran lobster, sehingga masyarakat mendapatkan mata pencaharian alternatif sebagai pengganti aktivitas menangkap benih. Namun hal ini harus didukung dengan peninjauan dan penyesuaian kembali PERMEN KP No. 1 tahun 2015 terkait larangan penangkapan lobster khususnya ukuran benih, sehingga masyarakat diizinkan untuk menangkap benih lobster untuk kebutuhan budidaya.Indonesia is main exporter of spiny lobster seeds to lobster-producer countries in the world. Establishement of Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Regulation (PERMEN KP No. 1, 2015) had implications on the capture prohibition of lobster seeds in Indonesia. This study was aimed to analyze data and information which relate to management state of lobster seed resources, the impacts of the lobster capture regulation, and the potencies of lobster seeds resource management through aquaculture development. Acquired data are from field survey, focus group disscussion (FGD), rapid rural appraisal (RRA), and secondary data from related institutions. The result showed that Lombok Island waters area had a great potencies of lobster seeds. Prohibition of seeds capture activities through the regulation has caused various socio-economic impacts on coastal communities in Lombok Island. The magnitude of the lobster seeds potencies gives opportunities for lobster aquaculture development, thus people could get an alternative livelihood other than seeds capturing. However, this has to be supported by reconsideration and readjustment of KEPMEN KP No. 1 2015 related to lobster capture in particular for the seed size, so that the seeds capture activities could be allowed for aquaculture need.