---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 665.665"
title: "50"
number: "665.665"
heading: "Size restrictions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/665.665"
---

# §665.665. Size restrictions.


The height of a live coral specimen shall be determined by a straight line measurement taken from its base to its most distal extremity. The stem diameter of a living coral specimen shall be determined by measuring the greatest diameter of the stem at a point no less than 1 inch (2.54 cm) from the top surface of the living holdfast.

- (a) Live pink coral harvested from any precious coral permit area must have attained a minimum height of 10 inches (25.4 cm).
- (b) **Black coral.** Live black coral harvested from any precious coral permit area must have attained either a minimum stem diameter of 1 inch (2.54 cm), or a minimum height of 48 inches (122 cm).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

### Source

Source: 75 FR 2205, Jan. 14, 2010, unless otherwise noted.