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50 CFR 648.297: Tilefish gear restricted areas.

Where this section sits in the code

Title 50—Wildlife and Fisheries
CHAPTER VI—FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
PART 648—FISHERIES OF THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
Subpart N—Management Measures for the Golden Tilefish and Blueline Tilefish Fisheries

No vessel of the United States may fish with bottom-tending mobile gear within the areas bounded by the following coordinates:

Canyon N. lat. W. long.

Degrees Min Seconds Degrees Min Seconds

Oceanographer 40.0 29.0 50.0 68.0 10.0 30.0

40.0 29.0 30.0 68.0 8.0 34.8

40.0 25.0 51.6 68.0 6.0 36.0

40.0 22.0 22.8 68.0 6.0 50.4

40.0 19.0 40.8 68.0 4.0 48.0

40.0 19.0 5.0 68.0 2.0 19.0

40.0 16.0 41.0 68.0 1.0 16.0

40.0 14.0 28.0 68.0 11.0 28.0

Lydonia 40.0 31.0 55.2 67.0 43.0 1.2

40.0 28.0 52.0 67.0 38.0 43.0

40.0 21.0 39.6 67.0 37.0 4.8

40.0 21.0 4.0 67.0 43.0 1.0

40.0 26.0 32.0 67.0 40.0 57.0

40.0 28.0 31.0 67.0 43.0 0.0

Veatch 40.0 0.0 40.0 69.0 37.0 8.0

40.0 0.0 41.0 69.0 35.0 25.0

39.0 54.0 43.0 69.0 33.0 54.0

39.0 54.0 43.0 69.0 40.0 52.0

Norfolk 37.0 5.0 50.0 74.0 45.0 34.0

37.0 6.0 58.0 74.0 40.0 48.0

37.0 4.0 31.0 74.0 37.0 46.0

37.0 4.0 1.0 74.0 33.0 50.0

36.0 58.0 37.0 74.0 36.0 58.0

37.0 4.0 26.0 74.0 41.0 2.0

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