{"data":{"id":"us-me/12-m.r.s.-6481","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"12 M.R.S. §6481","heading":"Swans Island Lobster Conservation Area","body":"1.  Swans Island Lobster Conservation Area.  The following territorial waters of the State in the vicinity of Swans Island are known as the Swans Island Lobster Conservation Area:\nBeginning at the northern tip of Long Point, Marshall Island, Hancock County, Maine; then northerly to the navigational buoy at the western entrance to Toothacker Bay, located at 68°30.657' W. Longitude, 44°08.063' N. Latitude; then northeasterly to West Point, Swans Island, Hancock County, Maine; then from Phinney Point on the northeastern shore of Swans Island southeasterly to 68°22.40' W. Longitude, 44°08.79' N. Latitude, Hancock County, Maine; then southwesterly to 68°23.6' W. Longitude, 44°06.4' N. Latitude; then south-southwesterly to 68°24.01' W. Longitude, 44°04.8' N. Latitude; then southerly to 68°23.9' W. Longitude, 44°03.1' N. Latitude, and the intersection with the 3-nautical-mile line of the territorial waters, as shown on United States Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, Office of Coast Survey Chart #13312; then southwesterly along the 3-nautical-mile line of the territorial waters approximately 3.5 miles to a point where a line drawn southeasterly 165° True from the center of Black Ledges intersects the 3-nautical-mile line of the territorial waters at 68°28.6' W. Longitude, 44°01.9' N. Latitude; then northwesterly 345° True to the center of Black Ledges; then northwesterly to the most southerly point of Marshall Island; then along the westerly shore of Marshall Island to the point of beginning.","path":["TITLE 12: CONSERVATION","PART 9: MARINE RESOURCES","CHAPTER 619: LOBSTER AND CRAB FISHING LICENSES","SUBCHAPTER 6: SWANS ISLAND LOBSTER CONSERVATION AREA"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/12/title12sec6481.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:25Z","sha256":"e064ee20101825cd94bcf2ff05a60814369abe12fb43a8c9f2d1aed902bdd28f","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/12-m.r.s.-6477","next":"us-me/12-m.r.s.-6482"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}