---
kind: "unit"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
key: "ch11"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 11"
heading: "Regulation of Landing, Curing, and Sale of Sponges Taken from Gulf of Mexico and Straits of Florida"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/ch11"
sections_count: 5
---

# Chapter 11 — Regulation of Landing, Curing, and Sale of Sponges Taken from Gulf of Mexico and Straits of Florida

Title 16 — Conservation

## Sections

- [§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](/usc/16/781.md)
- [§782. Sponges of less than prescribed size; possession prima facie evidence](/usc/16/782.md)
- [§783. Punishment for violations of law; liability of vessels](/usc/16/783.md)
- [§784. Jurisdiction of prosecutions](/usc/16/784.md)
- [§785. Enforcement of law prohibiting taking of sponges of specified sizes; employment of Coast Guard vessels and Customs Service employees](/usc/16/785.md)