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LegalText 16 U.S.C. § 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 us united_states_code code_section 16 CONSERVATION 11 REGULATION OF LANDING, CURING, AND SALE OF SPONGES TAKEN FROM GULF OF MEXICO AND STRAITS OF FLORIDA 781 16 U.S.C. § 781 current 119-100 2026-06-26 official https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc16@119-100.zip /us/usc/t16/s781 data/legal/raw/us/code/title-16/usc16.xml ae976750867d11421027caaae65f33952993a4fecfba9ddd2d0fe9fb4186054f 7be8950da5a93cac7c98e4576ce00340f2aba5e8e46d29915382c203c421d503 360a12dd6fe98f621753253728794f5fb186270660a7d1ba7330ae62d426f168 2026-07-04 official
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16 U.S.C. § 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

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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, § 1, 38 Stat. 692.)