FEDERAL · 16 U.S.C. · Chapter 11
Taking or catching, in waters of Gulf or Straits of Florida, commercial sponges of less than prescribed size, and landing or possession of same
16 U.S.C. § 781
Title16 — Conservation
Chapter11 — REGULATION OF LANDING, CURING, AND SALE OF SPONGES TAKEN FROM GULF OF MEXICO AND STRAITS OF FLORIDA
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16 U.S.C. § 781.
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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.
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Related
United States v. Alaska
422 U.S. 184 (Supreme Court, 1975)
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History
(Aug. 15, 1914, ch. 253, §1, 38 Stat. 692.)
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