50 C.F.R. § 665.18 Area restrictions.
Title 50 - Wildlife and Fisheries
(a) Fishing is prohibited in all no-take MPAs designated in this section. (b) Anchoring by all fishing vessels over 50 ft (15.25 m) LOA is prohibited in the U.S. EEZ seaward of the Territory of Guam west of 144°30' E. long. except in the event of an emergency caused by ocean conditions or by a vessel malfunction that can be documented. (c) MPAs—(1) No-take MPAs. The following U.S. EEZ waters are no-take MPAs: (i) Landward of the 50-fathom (fm) (91.5-m) curve at Jarvis, Howland, and Baker Islands, and Kingman Reef; as depicted on National Ocean Survey Chart Numbers 83116 and 83153; (ii) Landward of the 50-fm (91.5-m) curve around Rose Atoll, as depicted on National Ocean Survey Chart Number 83484. (2) Low-use MPAs. The following U.S. EEZ waters in the Western Pacific Region are low-use MPAs: (i) All waters between the shoreline and the 50-fm (91.5-m) curve around Johnston Atoll, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Island as depicted on National Ocean Survey Chart Numbers 83637, 83157 and 81664. (ii) [Reserved] [69 FR 8343, Feb. 24, 2004]
Title 50: Wildlife and Fisheries
PART 665—FISHERIES IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC
Subpart B—Western Pacific Fisheries—General
§ 665.18 Area restrictions.
