Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 16 : Section 781


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 781. Taking or catching, in waters of Gulf or Straits of Florida, commercial sponges of less than prescribed size, and landing or possession of same

      It is unlawful for any citizen of the United States, or person
    owing duty of obedience to the laws of the United States, or any
    boat or vessel of the United States, or person belonging to or on
    any such boat or vessel, to take or catch, by any means or method,
    in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico or the Straits of Florida
    outside of State territorial limits, any commercial sponges
    measuring when wet less than five inches in their maximum diameter,
    or for any person or vessel to land, deliver, cure, offer for sale,
    or have in possession at any port or place in the United States, or
    on any boat or vessel of the United States, any such commercial
    sponges.



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