§ 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.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC781]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 11--REGULATION OF LANDING, CURING, AND SALE OF SPONGES TAKEN
FROM GULF OF MEXICO AND STRAITS OF FLORIDA
Sec. 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.
(Aug. 15, 1914, ch. 253, Sec. 1, 38 Stat. 692.)
