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 Title 50 - Wildlife and Fisheries
 Chapter VI - Fishery Conservation and Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
 Part 665 - Fisheries in the Western Pacific
 Subpart C - Hawaii Fisheries

  § 665.265 - Size restrictions.  

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  • § 665.265 Size restrictions.

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    Link to an amendment published at 84 FR 2774, Feb. 8, 2019.

    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 Hemicorallium laauense, Pleurocorallium secundum, or Corallium sp. 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).

    [75 FR 2205, Jan. 14, 2010, as amended at 84 FR 2774, Feb. 8, 2019]