16 U.S.C. § 781 : US Code - 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

Search 16 U.S.C. § 781 : US Code - 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.