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50 CFR 648.97: Closed 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 F—Management Measures for the NE Multispecies and Monkfish Fisheries
(a) Oceanographer Canyon Closed Area. No fishing vessel or person on a fishing vessel may enter, fish, or be in the area known as Oceanographer Canyon Closed Area (copies of a chart depicting this area are available from the Regional Administrator upon request), as defined by straight lines connecting the following points in the order stated, while on a monkfish DAS:
Oceanographer Canyon Closed Area
Point N. Lat. W. Long.
(1) OC1 40°10′ 68°12′
(2) OC2 40°24′ 68°09′
(3) OC3 40°24′ 68°08′
(4) OC4 40°10′ 67°59′
(5) OC1 40°10′ 68°12′
(b) Lydonia Canyon Closed Area. No fishing vessel or person on a fishing vessel may enter, fish, or be in the area known as Lydonia Canyon Closed Area (copies of a chart depicting this area are available from the Regional Administrator upon request), as defined by straight lines connecting the following points in the order stated, while on a monkfish DAS:
Lyndonia Canyon Closed Area
Point N. Lat. W. Long.
(1) LC1 40°16′ 67°34′
(2) LC2 40°16′ 67°42′
(3) LC3 40°20′ 67°43′
(4) LC4 40°27′ 67°40′
(5) LC5 40° 27′ 67°38′
(6) LC1 40°16′ 67°34′
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